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Pay: £15.45 per hour

Job Description:

Elderly Befriender Care Assistant

Guaranteed hours

Drivers needed

£13.79 per hour (£15.45 earned wage including holiday pay) with working availability during the week and alternate weekends.

Home Instead Norfolk and Cambridge is expanding its team and looking for caring, compassionate Elderly Befriender Care Assistants to support clients living at home with a range of needs throughout Norfolk and Cambridge and in your local area.

We currently have care vacancies available with immediate starts. With clients needing a mixture of morning, afternoon and evening support. We currently need Elderly Befriender with availability to support our clients between 7am and 10pm, the more availability you have, the more client visits we are able to allocate to you. We accept availability of 7am – 2pm, 7am – 6pm, 9pm – 10pm, 2pm – 10pm, 6pm – 10pm & 7am – 10pm (preferred)

All our Elderly Befrienders work alternate weekends to ensure continuity of care to our clients and typically work between 10-35 hours per week depending on your requirements.

We're looking for candidates who may already have experience as a Support Worker, Care Assistant, Elderly Befriender or in Domiciliary Care.

We would also love to hear from anyone who has experience caring for loved ones or been a volunteer. We would encourage you to apply as a Elderly Befriender Care Assistant with Home Instead as full training and support will be given.

At Home Instead Norfolk and Cambridge, we can offer the following benefits for our Elderly Befriender Care Assistants:

• Paid MOT
• Paid birthday off (Have your birthday off and still get paid!)
• Enhanced Bank Holiday Pay Rate
• Company Pension Scheme
• Local & Professional Support Team available
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Free DBS Check
• Refer A Friend Scheme (£300 Bonus)
• Employee Benefits & Discount Scheme
• Employee Wellness Health Assured Benefit Program
• Paid Award Winning, Comprehensive Induction & Ongoing Professional Development Training
• Fantastic Recognition Care Wards, Staff Birthday Schemes and Company Events

Being a Care Assistant means you need to be adaptable, personable but ultimately put others first. Your role may include:

· Companionship

· Helping with some possible personal care

· Helping with mobility around the home

· Overseeing medication and providing medical support

· Helping with housework such as cleaning and vacuuming

· Preparing and cooking meals

· Running errands such as food shopping or picking up prescriptions

Care Assistants MUST have a Valid UK Driving Licence (with access to a vehicle for work purposes) and have the Right to work in the UK.

We are actively recruiting Carers now. If this is something you would be interested in please click 'Apply', to get in touch today!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract

Pay: £15.45 per hour

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Application question(s):

• What is your postcode?
• How many hours are you looking to work each week?
• Do you have a valid Driving Licence and access to a car?
• Do you have or need sponsorship for this position?
• When can you work out of this list (more availability will enable more hours) 7am – 2pm, 7am – 6pm, 9pm – 10pm, 2pm – 10pm, 6pm – 10pm & 7am – 10pm (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person