CARE ASSISTANT

Care Assistant

£10.50 – £11.00

Blackpool and surrounding areas

Full Time and Part Time shifts available

Refer and receive for £500 with our ‘Who’s your plus one?’ incentive – T&C’s apply, please speak to your local Recruitment Officer or Branch Manager for more details.

Life at Prestige

People are at the very heart of Prestige, and we want to make life better for them. As a Care Assistant, you’ll join us in our continued efforts to make life better for our clients.

Prestige Nursing & Care has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 35 local offices in England and Scotland. We look after a variety of clients in their own homes and we also work with local care homes, nursing homes and the NHS.

Who will you be helping to make life better for?

We are looking for weekend care workers to cover a number of different packages. The packages of care will be calling on the same clients eac weekend, so as to build up a relationship and bond with the client. Visits might mean helping with domestic tasks around the house, medication management and administration, and general emotional support.

How will you be helping?

• Medication management and administration
• Help around the house
• General emotional support

What we offer:

• Weekly pay
• £10.50 – £11.00 per hour
• A variety of rotas to suit your lifestyle
• Access to weekly Covid-19 testing & support from your local branch throughout the current pandemic
• Blue Light Card
• Paid mileage
• PPE
• Free Training before you start working with us & access to online learning
• Continued professional development to support you & your career
• Discount scheme with well-known retail brands
• Holiday pay
• Pension scheme

We’re looking for:

• Six months’ paid experience in care an advantage but not essential
• Excellent communication skills
• A driver’s licence is an advantage but not a requirement
• Good professional and personal references

Want to find out how you can make life better for yourself and the people you care for?

In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced DBS/PVG, Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice.

Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines.

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting Equal Opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.

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