Job Title: Home Care Assistant
Location: Dunston, Whickham, Sunniside and surrounding areas.
Salary: £8.60 – £9.60
Job Type: Range of full/part time vacancies available tailored to fit round your needs.
Dawn Kelly Home support is focused on providing high-quality Social Care and Homesupport – we will do everything we can to meet our clients needs in Domiciliary Care and Home Support.
We provide Professional Domiciliary Care and Home support helping our clients whilst maintaining and improving their lifestyle.
The role:
There is a huge ongoing demand for our services due to the quality of care that we provide and as a result of this, we are now recruiting for caring and compassionate Home Care Assistants to cover:
We are offering you the opportunity to work as part of a caring, dedicated and compassionate team of people who wake up in the morning to make a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable people.
All staff are required to work alternate weekends or one permanent Sat/Sun to ensure fairness to all employees and make sure you get time off to spend with family.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Delivering person-led, clinically-assisted plans designed to help our service users fulfil their potential, be self-sufficient and turn their dreams into reality!
- Assisting our service users to access the community for social activities such as shopping, bingo or hospital appointments.
- Providing personal care, assistance with domestic duties where required and also meal preparation.
- Developing positive, respectful and compassionate relationships with the people that we support, focussing on their strengths as individuals.
Due to the nature of domiciliary care and having to travel between client’s homes, it is essential that you live within a commutable distance of these locations.
The Candidate:
We are looking for candidates with the following.
- A positive “can-do” approach in giving a level of care that is missing elsewhere by consistently offering high quality support.
- The unique quality of seeing life from the point of view of the people we serve and responding with encouragement and positivity.
- The desire to want to do something amazing every single day by making a real difference to other people’s lives in everything you do!
Company Benefits:
- Full induction training before you commence your role. Inclusive of accredited first aid and manual handling training.
- Uniform and equipment provided
- Competitive rates of pay, exceeding national living wage.
- 5.6 weeks holiday plus double time Christmas, new year and Easter
- Contributary pension
- Career progression offering health and social care diplomas and a selection of distance learning opportunities
Please note:
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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Support Worker, Care Worker, Care Assistant, Care Work Assistant, Resident Care Assistant, Resident Care Worker, Care Helper, Elderly Care Worker, Elderly Care Assistant, Elderly Support Worker, Elderly Care, Support Assistant, Enabler, Social Worker, Carer Support worker, Healthcare Assistant may also be considered for this role.
