Domestic/Sitter Carer - East Ayrshire

Job Title: Care Assistant/Domestic Support Worker

Locations: Throughout East Ayrshire

Pay Rate: £10.50 per hour

Shifts available: 10am-2pm alternate weekends (most availability considered)

No experience required as specialist training will be provided!

Could you be a best friend? - Always wanted to be a carer without the aspect of personal care – Then this could be the role for you!

Driving licence preferred but not essential in some areas.

We Care, We Listen, We Build, We Strive

Here at Constance Care, we have an amazing opportunity to become part of our dynamic and supportive community care team. We are looking for Care Assistants to join the team in delivering an extremely high standard of care to our service users who are living independently in their own homes.

Being a Care Assistant here at Constance Care on our sitter/domestic/shopping shifts is not about providing personal care support – it’s about building connections and becoming a best friend!

So if you are looking for a role that is both rewarding and fulfilling this could be for you!

Duties will include:

• Preparing and serving meals/snacks
• Light domestic duties (laundry, hoovering, dusting, making up beds & washing dishes)
• Medication support
• Grocery shopping
• Picking up prescriptions
• Supporting to appointments/social arrangements
• Companionship

Benefits:

• Competitive hourly rates staring from £10.50
• Paid mileage contributions
• Set shift patterns for care continuity, meaning you will be able to build & maintain rapport and trust with your service users, as well as always knowing when you are working in advance, to plan life outside of work!
• If you have the ability to work our shift patterns, we offer regular consistent hours and opportunities to work extra.
• Care is a growing sector, even in this challenging times, if you want to develop your career, we are invested in creating internal opportunities (we have many employees who started in community and now coordinate or manage services).
• Company mobile phone & app to automate work tasks & ensure your safety when lone working in the community
• Comprehensive in house & SVQ training with ongoing support
• An excellent employee benefits package encompassing discounts in high street & online stores, discounts on holidays, supermarkets deals and exclusive financial, health and wellbeing support for you and your families*
• 28 days’ annual leave (pro rata)
• Employee referral bonus programmes of up to £300*
• Company Uniform and full PPE provided
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme*

Key skills and attributes required:

• No previous Care experience required!
• Caring, compassionate and a good listener
• An energetic, happy person who enjoys forming relationships with people
• Flexible approach to shifts and working patterns

‘APPLY TODAY’ to ‘Be one of the people that make a difference!’ or call 0141 847 4535 and speak to one of our friendly recruitment team for more info.

* terms and conditions apply / Gender specific requirements are permitted under schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010