Care Assistant

at  Radfield Home Care

Job Title: Home Care Assistant
Location: Chingford & Loughton
Contract: Part-time, Weekend Availability
Salary: £13.20 - £14.20 per hour + Paid Travel Time + Paid Mileage
Full UK Driving Licence & Access to vehicle required

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Home Care assistant, you will support adults who have a desire to stay in their own homes, where they feel safe and secure, for as long as possible. You will provide them with the care and companionship they need, you could…

• Help them with daily routines such as getting up in the morning or ready for bed at night.
• Help with elements of personal care.
• Ensure their home is safe & clean.
• Prepare meals & collect shopping or prescriptions.
• Assist clients to appointments in the community.
• Provide companionship and be someone who they can rely on for support.

You don’t need any previous experience to join our Radfield Home Care Team Chingford and Loughton as a Home Care assistant.
A great personality and good values are the most important attributes to deliver great care. You will need to be over the age of 18, have a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle and the right to work in the UK.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The role requires contact with vulnerable clients and will be subject to enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.

Radfield Home Care specialises in personalised care for older people in their own homes, a forward-looking, family run business that sets the standard for what care can do.
Care is amazing. Great quality care can transform a moment, a day, even a relationship. That’s why we believe care should be about making people feel understood, valued and supported. About enabling people to live their best life for as long as possible.

We are one of the very few Living Wage Foundation employers in Chingford & Loughton and our unique Industry leading Caring for carers pledgeTM sets out all of the things that you can expect to receive from us, as a care professional with Radfield Home Care:

• A culture which is welcoming, friendly, supportive and inclusive
• Very competitive hourly rate of £13.20 weekdays, £14.20 weekends
• Paid travel time at the hourly rate
• Paid mileage of £0.40 per mile (tax free)
• Annual MOT Test on your vehicle
• Enhanced rate of pay at bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Free Uniform and DBS check
• High street discount card
• Refer a friend scheme
• Holiday pay and pension scheme
• Appreciation & recognition – celebrating achievements of individuals & teams
• Encouragement to develop your skills and knowledge
• Fantastic career progression and fully funded Care Certificate and training