Care Assistant - Islington borough

Job description

Providing Quality Care

At Bluebird Care Islington & Hackney, we believe that the quality of our staff in the field is what makes our reputation grow.

We are currently recruiting kind and caring individuals to join our established and growing team of Home Care Assistants. (Domiciliary).

Our Carers visit the homes of our customers to provide a range of care services which enable them to remain living independently in their own home across Islington including N1, EC1, N7, N19, N4, N5.

Please only apply if you live in the borough of Islington and hold a Valid right to work in the UK. We cannot support sponsorship/skilled worker visa applicants.

We currently do not have available hours for male carers at this branch. Due to the personal care nature of the role, we can only provide same sex carers to our customers. (“Under the Equality Act 2010 the need to deliver same-sex care is an ‘objective justification’ for advertising and recruiting workers to fulfil the need.)

Our Care Assistants will:

• Support with personal care
• Provide companionship
• Prompt and/or administer medication
• Support with food preparation, domestic duties, and shopping
• Assist through Manual handling / using equipment where required

• Promote customer health and well-being, enabling them to live their life to the full

As a Care Assistant you will need:

• To have a valid right to work in the UK
• A genuine desire to care for others
• To be reliable, compassionate, honest and patient
• To be a resident in the Islington borough
• To have availability to work more than 20 hours per week
• To work at least 2 evenings per week and 2 weekends per Month as part of your regular schedule
• Alternate weekends (including Sunday)

Previous experience is desirable, but we also have an excellent training programme for those without experience.

We can offer both full-time and part-time hours. We provide care between 7am and 10pm, 7 days a week so working hours can include early mornings, late evenings, and weekend working. 

We ask for a commitment to working a minimum of 2 evenings per week, and alternate weekends.

We can’t care for our customers if we don’t take care of our team so to make this possible, we offer:

• An excellent rate of £13ph on both weekdays and on weekends 
• Increasing to £18.30ph on bank holidays.
• 25p mileage allowance
• 28 days holiday pro rata
• Full training induction and shadowing with a mentor on starting
• Ongoing training and support

• Pension scheme
• Smartphone technology so you can do everything at the tap of a finger
• Free uniform
• Care worker bonus scheme

 Please note: all of our roles are subject to appropriate enhanced police check (DBS) charged at £52.00 for new applications. Or checking of your existing certificate on the update service if held.