Care assistants Stamford, England
Job description
This is an exciting time to join the friendly, professional team at Evergreen Care Trust. Based in Stamford Lincolnshire, the Evergreen Care Trust is a faith-based charity founded in 2005. Evergreen, through a wonderful team of staff and volunteers offers a wide range of both free volunteer-led and paid for regulated services, designed to meet the identified needs of local people.
The demand for our wide range of life enhancing services, means that we are always looking to recruit individuals who share our values. We commit to promoting healthy ageing, through flourishing lives well lived, amongst our Trust and those we serve and their families. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds.
The opportunity -
- Great rates of pay, (RLW)
- Travel time paid at hourly rate
- 45p Mileage
- Full access to our online and practical training suite
- Progression opportunities
- Day hours
- Full shift pay.
- Access to our in-house Advocacy, Chaplaincy and pastoral support
- 5.6 weeks holiday per year, (pro rata)
- Pension
We will encourage opportunities for you to develop your skills and offer a 12-week foundation programme to enable you to work towards gaining the Care Certificate qualification, and NVQs in Health & Social Care. This will provide you with the principles and standards essential for this role, the importance of best practice and CQC guidelines and regulations. In addition, we will provide you with access to our training suite with the over 90+ accredited courses.
Who we are looking for -
We are an inclusive and supportive team keen to hear from people with a passion to care and deliver outstanding services who can provide a wealth of support to our members.
- Ideally you will come from a health care background with a minimum of 6 months experience, although we can provide full training for the right candidate,
- Have or prepared to complete The Care certificate within a set timeframe,
- Ideally have or working towards NVQ level 2 in Health and social care,
- Be caring, dedicated and have a flexible approach.
- Work well within a team.
- Have the ability to work alone.
- Have good communication skills.
- Be able to make a positive difference to people’s lives.
· You must hold a current full driving licence have a road worthy vehicle and be insured for business use as you will use your car for work.
· The successful applicant for this post will be subject to standard check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Duties to include; Personal care, Medication support, Companionship, Respite service, Pop-in calls, Meal preparation
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract, Zero hours contract
Part-time hours: 0-40 per week
Salary: £10.20-£13.20 per hour
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Stamford, Lincolnshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: WBW01
