Care Assistant - Wythenshawe (Shift Pay) - Manchester (M22)

Applicants must be based in Manchester, UK.

Shift pay rather than pay per call, which means you are paid from the start of your first call to the end of your last call within a shift (Effective from Monday 17th April)

Pay: £11.50 for drivers - £10.90 for walkers

• Mileage - 40p per mile for drivers
• Mileage - 15p per mile for cyclists
• Part-time hours available
• Full-time hours available

Bonus schemes*: up to £300 new starter, £300 Refer a Friend, £250 annual bonus, £25 birthday gift voucher.

As a Community Care Worker you will agree a working pattern on a week 1 and week 2 shift patterns, which includes:

• Alternate full weekends, or every Saturday or every Sunday
• Evenings as agreed within your working shift pattern
• Early shift: 7:00am - 3:00pm
• Late shift: 3:00pm - 10:30pm

We need caring, kind, compassionate people to work across Wythenshawe, providing high-quality, person-centred care in the Care Assistant role.

Benefits

• Fully funded DBS.
• Paid induction training: 1 week classroom-based (Monday - Friday), 2 days shadowing and additional online modules. Training to be completed prior to starting.
• Training development: funded Level 2 and other accredited courses.
• Holiday pay: annual leave accumulates with working hours and length of service.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): 24-hour helpline, advice and guidance for yourself and dependants.
• Union membership (optional): through our partnership with the GMB.
• Mileage: 40p/mile (driver), 15p/mile (cyclist).

Job Description

As a Care Assistant in Wythenshawe, you will provide care and support to meet individual personal care needs. You will:

• Provide personal care that protects people's dignity.
• Promote independence using enabling approaches.
• Support people to meet their outcomes, involving families and professionals.
• Connect people to their communities accessing local support and services.
• Deliver personalised care through individual choice and control.
• Be a strong and effective communicator, documenting, reporting and sharing information with the right people at the right time.

Induction Training

You do not need care experience. If you have the right values, we will provide you with the training you need to be an outstanding Care Assistant.

As a Care Assistant, you will be provided with a comprehensive induction training on:

• Community wellbeing, individual wellbeing, and personal outcomes;
• Fluids and nutrition;
• Medication, moving and handling, basic life support and first aid;
• Infection prevention and control, health, and safety;
• Professional boundaries, confidentiality, equality, and diversity;
• Safeguarding, mental health and capacity.

Apply today and our friendly recruitment team will be in touch!

Job Type: Full-time, Part-time

Benefits:

• Bonus schemes
• Referral programme
• New starter bonus
• Annual Bonus
• Funded DBS
• Mileage 40p
• Additional leave
• Flexible schedule
• Workplace pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Union membership