caregiver Swansea, Wales
Job description
Job Title: Weekend Support Worker
Hours: 4 pm - 9 pm
Location: Swansea
Salary: £11.25 p/h (£22.50 on Bank Holidays)
Requirements: You must be a driver with a car
Also, we pay your travel time and mileage!
If you are caring, patient, and want to change lives, then you will fit in nicely with our award-winning team! As a Top 20 Home Care provider, your new role will be to support vulnerable adults in staying healthy and happy in their own homes, as well as helping them access their community. Our care is person-centred, and we will do all that we can to make our client's wishes come true. Could you help us?
This is a great opportunity for you to join a 5-Star Employer, voted for by our employees. Sara is one of them, and this is what she thinks… ‘So many reasons for 5*. I am so happy working for Home Instead. The office team are brilliant and working with the clients is very rewarding'.
Here are some more of those ‘many reasons’…
- 1-Hour Minimum Calls
- Own Regular Clients
- Paid Travel Time & Mileage
- Unlimited Training Opportunities
- Progression Opportunities
- Guaranteed Income Contracts
- 24/7 Office Support
- Overtime Opportunities
- Paid Holidays (28-days Pro-Rata)
- Unlimited Refer-a-friend scheme (£100 per referral)
- Free Membership to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Company Discount Scheme & Blue Light Card
- Care Professional of the Month Vouchers
- Care Professional of the Year (Prizes include £250 cash, Smart TVs, Hampers & More)
We have been providing award-winning home care for the people of Swansea for 14 years, and over these years we have enabled hundreds of clients to remain healthy and happy in their own homes. We do this by helping our clients with the following:
- Assisting to groups and on days out
- Helping with shopping
- Meal preparation
- Dementia care
- Light domestic duties
- Accompanying to appointments
- Administering or prompting medication
- Support with personal care
New to Care?
Worry not! We are searching for values that match ours and your character, we will train the rest!
- Full In-person Induction
- In-person Manual Handling Training
- Paid Client Introductions & Shadow Calls
- Support Visits & Mentoring Programme
- Regular Appraisals & Catch-ups
We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and interests, including; Retail, hospitality, cleaning, students, call centres, mental health workers, social workers, nurses, teachers, nannies, admin, students, and many more.
Working Hours
For this role, we are asking for weekend availability, this includes on Saturday and Sunday. We are looking for availability from 4 pm to 9 pm both days. This can be altered for the right candidate, and this can be discussed over a quick phone call when you apply. Should you wish to build your hours in the future, we do also have full-time hours in the week.
Pay Details
We now pay an enhanced wage of £11.25 per hour. We pay double time on bank holidays, meaning for these days you will be paid £22.50 per hour. This also applies to your travel time. We pay 35p per mile mileage payment, which can be topped up by the council to 45p (T&C)
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 6 - 8 per week
Salary: £11.25-£22.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Weekend availability
Application question(s):
- Which area of Neath/Swansea do you live in?
- Do you have a full driving licence and unrestricted access to a car?
Work Location: On the road
