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Community Care Worker Job Description
Ethicare are a specialist home care provider, designed to provide care in the comfort of our service users own homes, by providing high quality care in the community.
We are looking to recruit Community Care Workers in Leeds & Wakefield Postcodes:
As a Community Care Worker, you’ll visit our elderly clients’ homes for visits of 1 hour upwards where you will provide outstanding home care and support. This may involve providing companionship and personal care, basic help in the home, shopping and meal preparation support or delivering specialist care based on training received such as dementia care or medication administration.
Job Description
Ethicare are a specialist home care provider, designed to provide care in the comfort of our service users own homes, by providing high quality care in the community.
We are now currently recruiting Home Care Assistants to join our growing team in Leeds & Wakefield Postcodes.
Full & Part time vacancies available in the following Postcodes.
• LS4
• LS5
• LS6
• LS7
• LS8
• LS9
• LS10
• LS11
• LS12
• LS13
• LS16
• LS17
• LS18
• LS28
• WF1
• WF2
• WF3
Working shifts are:
• 7am – 2pm shift (Breakfast & Lunch Calls).
• &/or
• 4pm – 10pm shift (Tea & Bed Calls).
Duties to be carried out as a Care Assistant:
• Daily duties such as Washing & Dressing.
• Administering medication.
• Personal Care.
• Daily visits, morning, lunch, teas & beds.
• Laundry.
• Shopping calls.
• Social calls.
• Preparation and cooking of breakfast, lunch & dinner.
• Accompanying to doctors’, dentists & hospital appointments.
We do ask for our Carers to be able to work alternate weekend, with a day off during the week to ensure good continuity of care to our service users.
Benefits for Community Care Workers
Our care assistant employment packages include:
Pay & Benefits
- Fantastic rates of pay, With double time on bank holidays
- • £11.62 per hour (plus mileage @ 40p per mile) Drivers.
• £11.32 per hour (public transport).
• Rural areas pay £12.32 per hour + mileage. - • Pay enhancements to recognise qualifications and long-term commitment.
• Mileage allowance (40p per mile), travel time uplift, paid holidays, pension, funded
• 24/7 access to a free confidential employee assistance programme helpline
• Carer referral scheme –£50.00 per referral
• Time and a half on bank holidays.
• 4 weeks holiday per year.
• Alternative weekends off.
• Dementia training courses / Medication training courses.
• Paid training and shadowing.
• Friend referral scheme.
• Career progression opportunities.
• Flexible working.
• Blue Card Discounts on shopping, supermarkets & high street fashions!
• Health Service Discounts for care workers
• Paid mileage for drivers.
• Refer a friend & earn money!Professional Development
• Paid extensive induction & shadowing training held at our offices in Pudsey.
• Online training courses also available.
• Ongoing specialist care training.
• Opportunities to achieve diploma qualifications.
• Development opportunities for career progression.
• 24/7, local support
• Full & Part time vacancies available
We do ask for our Carers to be able to work alternate weekend, with a day off during the week to ensure good continuity of care to our service users.
Car Drivers preferred – However, if you do not have your own car, we will endeavour to find local work for you, but you must be prepared to travel on public transport to your care calls.
Benefits / Package:
- Time and a half on bank holidays.
- 4 weeks holiday per year.
- Alternative weekends off.
- Dementia training course / Medication training course!
- Paid training and shadowing.
- Friend referral scheme.
- Career progression opportunities.
- Flexible working.
- Blue Card Discounts on shopping, supermarkets & high street fashions!
- Health Service Discounts for care workers
- Paid mileage for drivers.
- Refer a friend & earn money!
For further information on this vacancy, send your cv now and call Ethicare Recruitment Team on 0113-8771234.
We require
• We require kind-hearted & caring individuals, who are committed to caring for vulnerable adults
• Warm, patient and compassionate with a clear desire to support others
• Enthusiastic and positive ‘can do’ attitude
• A valid driving licence and you own car
• Own a smartphone
• You must have the Right to Work in the UK
Frequently Asked Questions
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER I HAVE APPLIED FOR THE ROLE?
Upon receipt of your application our recruitment team will typically review it within a week and, if your profile meets the requirements of the role, they will contact you to arrange a short telephone interview. Following this, they will arrange a face-to-face interview with you (this can also be carried out over video call if your prefer). If this is successful, you will be provided with a job offer by email.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO ONCE I RECEIVE MY JOB OFFER?
Your recruitment manager will send your job offer to you by email. Simply click on the link in the email to open and read your offer letter. You can then click on the box at the end of the letter and enter your name and the signed document will be returned to us automatically. Your recruitment manager will then be in touch with you about booking you onto your induction and completing your pre-employment checks.
WHAT PRE-EMPLOYMENT CHECKS DO YOU DO?
All offers of employment are subject to us carrying out necessary pre-employment checks which includes contacting your references (two professional and one personal), carrying out an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Baring Service (DBS) and verifying your qualifications. Your recruitment manager will therefore ask that you bring the following information to the first day of your induction:
- Proof of identity (UK birth or marriage certificate or UK driving licence photo card, passport, motor insurance certificate)
- Utility bill or bank statement in your name / address (dated within the last 3 months)
- Proof of National Insurance Number
- Copy of work permit, visa stamp and entry stamp in your passport (overseas applicants only)
- Copy of your Disclosure and Baring Check (if already held)
- Any relevant certificates of training
- A recent passport photograph
DBS Checks
We are required to carry out an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Baring Service (DBS) for anybody working with vulnerable adults in the UK. To do this you will be sent an email from GBG Online Disclosures – simply click on the link and follow the guidance to complete your application. Once complete we will verify your application and send off the check. The cost of the check is £66.78, which we will pay and then deduct from your first payslip. Whilst we apply for your DBS check as soon as possible, please be aware that the processing time can be anything from 1 day to 1 month, or on rare occasions it can be longer.
WHAT HAPPENS AT INDUCTION TRAINING?
All new members of our team complete a 4-day induction training course delivered at their local office and over video call. This is delivered by our in-house training team covering everything from the basic health and social care qualification – The Care Certificate – to specialist areas such as medication management, moving & handling, dementia and Parkinson’s.
DO I GET PAID FOR INDUCTION TRAINING?
Yes, you will receive a lump-sum payment for attending induction training and completing your shadowing. This will be included in your first payslip once you have fully completed the course and been signed off by your manager.
Please note that if you leave us during induction or within 3 months of completing induction you will be required to repay the full cost of the induction training which is £250. Following this period, we have a sliding repayment scale, so that the amount that you are required to repay is reduced by one quarter at quarterly intervals. Once you have completed one year’s service from the date of the end of the induction training, you will not be required to repay any of the costs of the induction training.
DO YOU MANAGE MY TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE?
Yes, these will be processed and deducted automatically through your payslip each month.
WILL I BE EMPLOYED BY ETHICARE?
Yes, we are a fully managed service and take full responsibility for employing, training and supporting our carers. This means that we can provide you with unrivalled, local, 24/7 support which we view as vital to your well-being. We also pay directly into your bank account every 4-weeks and manage all of your tax and national insurance contributions.
DO YOU PREPARE CARE PLANS FOR YOUR CLIENTS?
Yes, a care plan is written by a member of your care management team following a detailed assessment of care needs including medical conditions and all assistance required for that person’s day-to-day care. The care plan is available on your mobile phone via our app.
DO YOU CARRY OUT RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR YOUR CLIENTS?
Yes, a member of our care management team will carry out a detailed assessment of care needs prior to writing the care plan, including all aspects of daily living such as mobility, medications, the environment etc. The information from the risk assessment will be detailed in the care plan.
WHY DO I NEED TO OWN A SMART PHONE?
We embrace technology at Ethicare to make your life easier and our service more effective. This includes completing our care notes via our app and collaborating as a team through our own online community. You will access this technology on your own smart phone, but don’t worry as it’s all really simple and you’ll be trained to use it.
DO I NEED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE?
Yes, to be an hourly carer you’ll need to have a full UK driving licence and access to a car.
WHEN DO I GET PAID?
Our hourly carers are paid on a 4-weekly basis. As we employ you directly, rather than you being paid by the family, we take care of your tax and national insurance paperwork. As a direct employee of Ethicare, you are also entitled to other benefits such as mileage allowance (45p per mile), travel time uplift, paid holidays, pension, free employee assistance programme, funded DBS check.
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