Female Care Assistant - Cardiff

Job description

YOU MUST HAVE A DRIVING LICENCE, YOUR OWN VEHICLE FOR WORK PURPOSES, HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK WITHIN THE UK AND BE CURRENTLY LIVING WITHIN THE UK TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE.

Job Description

We are looking for passionate, energetic and empathetic individuals to join our team of professionals in the Cardiff area.

*immediate starts available*

Roles and Responsibilities as a Care Assistant

• Providing personal care duties
• Administering medication
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• Housekeeping
• Meal preparation
• Shopping
• Social Outings
• Offering our customers companionship
• Generally promoting customer health and well-being, enabling them to live their life to the full

Your Experience and Suitability for the Care Assistant Role

It isn’t about previous experience. We want to ensure our customer receives the very best care and to do that we need people who are naturally compassionate, caring and patient. We want a team who genuinely cares for each of our customers as if it was their own family.

But don’t panic, we’ll ensure you have all the right training and development because we care for our Care Assistants. After all, they care for our customers so it’s important that you feel equipped for the role.

You must have:

• Full and valid UK driving licence
• Access to a car
• Right to work in the UK
• Excellent understanding of spoken and written English language

Because We Care About You

We understand that every member of our team has their own family to care for and this is why our role offers the flexibility to work around your own home life. 

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

• £12.00 per hour
• £14.00 per hour Bank Holidays
• £20 per hour Festive Holidays
• 35p mileage allowance
• Paid DBS
• Paid Social Care Wales Registration
• Blue Light Card
• Zero hour flexible contract with Guaranteed Hours contract offered after 6 month probationary period
• Real Career Progression opportunities
• Paid Annual Leave
• Monthly Staff Awards
• Staff Social Events

Not only that, we take care of our team throughout the year, whether it's your birthday, Christmas, awards, or simply because it’s a Thursday. We’re a family and we’re here to look after you today, tomorrow, and every other day after that.

Section 7(2b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 applies that there is a genuine occupational requirement for female staff for these positions