Job Description
Join us today and make the Gracious Care difference.
We are looking for kind and caring people who want to make a difference to the lives of others.
If you have a caring attitude and willingness to make a difference, come and join our fantastic team based in Orpington and the surrounding areas. You won’t regret it.
At Gracious Care we feel our care staff are just as important as the people we care for. We really feel we stand out from other care providers and our aim is to always provide top quality care for our customers. We genuinely feel that we are different to other care providers and treat our all our staff with the highest of respect constantly listening, engaging, and learning.
As one of our Care Assistants you will get to meet our wonderful clients and build relationships. Not only do we offer fantastic rates of pay, job satisfaction and very flexible hours that suit you, we also offer the following.
Benefits of joining
- Great rates of pay - UP TO £18.00per hour
- Enhanced rates of pay for bank holidays
- Paid Mileage
- Paid Travel time
- Guaranteed Hours Available (to reassure you that you will have a constant regular wage)
- Flexible hours that work around you
- Part time / full time / weekday / weekend / morning / evening work available
- Career development - Pathway
- Local work
- Free Personal Protective Equipment provided
- Paid holiday
- Free Care certificate Induction training
- Ongoing Training
- £100 Referral Scheme
- Paid refresher training
- Free Care Assistant uniform
- Opportunity to study for Diploma in Health and Social Care
- Roles are subject to DBS checks (free)*
- Exclusive Care Assistant employee discounts on your favourite brands helping you make great savings!
- Exceptional support from our office staff and existing Care Assistants
- Wellbeing Support - We take your wellbeing seriously and provide lots of exclusive support to help mind, body, and soul.
Duties involved
As a Care Assistant you could be the highlight of somebody’s day or you could be there for them in their darkest hour, but you’ll do it all with the full support of our fantastic team of office staff and existing Care Assistants. Below are some examples of what our clients may need your support with.
Light cleaning, laundry, shopping, meal preparation, medication, personal care, help to get dressed, washing and bathing, medical appointments, day centres, appointments, and social activities.
If you think that you could make a difference to someone’s day and genuinely care about people, then we are looking for you.
Requirements
- A caring attitude and a willingness to make a difference
- A desire to see elderly and vulnerable people treated with care and respect
- Reliability, flexibility, hard work and honesty
- Good communication skills and good teamwork skills
- In order to ensure the safety of staff and the vulnerable people we support during the Covid-19 pandemic, all staff will be required to comply with company, PHE and government recommendations including weekly testing.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 16 - 25 per week
Salary: £11.00-£18.00 per hour
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Application question(s):
- I live in or within 3-5 miles of Orpington? We do not offer sponsorship.
Licence/Certification:
- Driving licence and access to a Vehicle (required)
Work Location: On the road
Reference ID: Feb12
Expected start date: 27/02/2023