Carer (Cycling routes available – £138 per day)

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Full timePer hour
Location: Portslade
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Job offered by: The Private Care Company
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The Private Care Company aims to employ and retain the highest quality care assistants in Brighton and Hove. In return for your skills, experience, and commitment, we offer excellent working conditions and benefits including:

£13.14/hr + paid holiday

Guaranteed regular hours and optional overtime available if wanted

Structured routes with clustered calls, caring for the same individuals each day

Payment for travel time

Cycle to work schemes

Minimum 30-minute calls

Excellent career progression and extensive training opportunities including The Care Certificate and Health and Social Care Diplomas (Levels 3, 4, and 5)

£150 Training Incentive payment paid on completion of The Care Certificate

A friendly and supportive management team

Regular communication including monthly newsletters and recognition awards

Job Description

The Private Care Company is a private, award-winning, and fully independent home care agency. We pride ourselves on our excellent reputation for providing high-quality home care services which support our clients to remain independently living in their own homes for as long as possible.

We’re currently looking to recruit 2 full-time care assistants living in the Brighton & Hove area to provide care for clients living in Portslade and West Hove. Ideally, you’ll have relevant experience and qualifications; however, we offer full training to those wishing to enter the care industry who have a caring nature and demonstrate our core values of kindness and empathy.

Key Accountabilities:

To deliver all tasks stated on the care plans to an excellent standard and in accordance with all The Private Care Company’s policies and procedures, best practice, agreed standards, legislative requirements, and relevant regulations.

To carry out and assist clients of The Private Care Company with a variety of personal and practical care tasks which may include helping to wash, getting dressed, light housework, laundry, shopping, etc.

To support client’s food and fluid intake as directed by the care plan, and to ensure documentation of all intake as per training.

To maintain care skills at the required level and undertake such training and development as may from time to time be required.

To communicate with and report any incidents to the Care Manager as necessary to ensure high standards of care are delivered.

To liaise with other professionals such as district nurses, doctors, pharmacists, occupational therapists, etc., to ensure that clients receive a high standard of care.

To manage own workload of allocated client visits and to be responsible for documenting each client visit on the online care planning app.

Skills / Experience / Knowledge:

The Care Certificate (full training provided)

Multi-skilled care delivery capability

Good written and oral communication skills

Person Profile:

Team player

Ability to think on feet

Kind, caring, and patient

Able to manage difficult situations

Reliable

Lives in local area -

we are unable to provide sponsorship for overseas applicants

Working Hours:

0700 – 1900hrs

3 or 4 day routes available to include 1 weekend day each week

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £13.14 per hour

Benefits:

Company pension

Free flu jabs

Free or subsidised travel

Health & wellbeing programme

Referral programme

Schedule:

12 hour shift

Experience:

care: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

driving licence and access to a car (preferred)

UK postcode in the Brighton area (required)

Work Location: On the road

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