Home Care Assistant - Bournemouth

Role: Home Care Assistant

Location: Bournemouth

Pay rate: £13.70 per hour plus a £2.00 per hour Bank Holiday enhancement rate

Travel: Paid Travel Time: £12.71 per hour + 40p per mile mileage allowance

Hours: Full time, part time and bank positions available

Shift: 07:00 to 14:00 & 16:00 to 22:00

Care South, a leading not for profit charity, have exciting opportunities for Home Care Assistants to join our Bournemouth Care at Home team, supporting clients with a variety of needs in their own homes.

This Home Care Assistant role is a community based, it is essential applicants hold a driving licence and have access to a vehicle. As a Home Care Assistant with Care South, we ensure you are paid not just your contact time, but also for your travel time. On top of this we pay a generous milage rate of 40p per mile.

Rewards And Benefits

A career in care means constantly improving the quality of people’s lives and offers a stimulating and incredibly rewarding career. As a not-for-profit charity, we focus on the reward and recognition of all our amazing people within the Care South Team.

• Paid travel time
• Enhanced rate on Bank Holidays
• 40p per mile mileage allowance, paid fortnightly
• Online/retail discounts.
• Paid induction and training.
• Employee referral bonus scheme.
• Free DBS check.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Life insurance.
• Staff association.
• Onsite learning and development team.
• Career progression.
• Competitive pay rates.
• Flexible working hours.
• Employee assistance and wellbeing programmes.
  
  
  

What You’ll Be Doing & Why You’ll Love Working with Us

You will receive a comprehensive induction with;

• Ongoing training and development.
• Support from a friendly, experienced team and colleagues.
• You will delivering person-centred care that truly makes a difference.
• Providing high-quality support to enable individuals to remain independent
• You will Support our clients to build confidence and remain independent
• As a valued member of our team, Home Care Assistants are key to helping us provide good quality care our clients deserve
• You will be responsible for the needs of clients and ensuring their dignity
• You will help with personal care such as personal hygiene, toileting, and dressing
  
  
  

Care is at the HEART of everything we do, it’s values that inspire us, not profits.

About you:

• Previous experience in a care setting is desirable but not required
• You will have a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Flexible in the hours you can work and ability to work every other weekend
• Strong attention to detail and reporting skills
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• You will hold an enhanced DBS on the update service or prepared to undertake one.
  
  
  

What You Need To Know

• You must be 18 years or older.
• We are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship.
  
  
  

Ready to Join Us?

If you’re kind, caring, and ready to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and become part of something truly special with Care South at Home Poole.

PEOPLE | PASSION | PURPOSE

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PEOPLE | PASSION | PURPOSE

Care South are one of the top 20 rated Care Home Groups in the UK based on published reviews from residents and their family and friends at carehome.co.uk.

As a not-for-profit charity, our HEART values are key to us providing outstanding care. For more information about us, our values and benefits, please visit our website: http://www.care-south.co.uk/about-us.

For any questions please contact the recruitment team on 01202 712448.