Senior Care Assistant - Driver

Senior Care Assistant - Driver

Location: Cardiff South & Cardiff North

South Area: Ely, Canton, Leckwith, Grangetown, Butetown, Cardiff Bay, Rumney, Cathays.

North Area: Rhiwbina, Heath, Llandaff, Llandaff North, Lisvane. Cyncoed, Pen Y Lan, Roath, Whitchurch, Radyr.

£13.85 per hour | Expert training | 

Bluebird Care – Where you change lives
 We’re the best at what we do and it’s all thanks to talented people like you. As the leading Home Care provider, we take pride in our work - and we’re looking for a caring and dedicated Care Assistant to join our Care Expert Team and help us set the standard.

Our customers should feel comfortable in their own homes, and we help them do exactly that. You’ll be supporting people in all aspects of daily living, working independently or as part of a team that is supportive every step of the way. This isn’t just a job, this is a chance to bring purpose and dignity to someone’s life.

If you’re ready to take on a new challenge, supporting our customers with the best quality care, then this is where you belong.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Care Assistant, your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing essential personal care and companionship
• Assisting with meal preparation, shopping, and household tasks
• Supporting with medication management
• Encouraging independence to help customers stay in their own homes
• Following and contributing to customer care plans
• Supporting and guiding less experienced members of the care team where required

Senior Carer On-Call Responsibilities

In addition to care duties, the successful candidate will participate in the on-call rota and be responsible for:

• Providing on-call support from Friday 4:30pm through to Monday 8:30am
• Ensuring the on-call phone is available and monitored between 6:00am and 11:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays
• Ensuring all carers are correctly clocked in and out of their shifts
• Responding to and covering sickness absence where required
• Managing and responding to emergency situations
• Answering on-call queries from customers, families, and care staff
• Coordinating care delivery to ensure continuity of service
• Completing care visits where sickness or absence cannot be covered by another member of the team

Benefits

• A set amount of PAID hours for E-Learning
• PAID shadowing shifts
• Guaranteed Hours Contracts available after probation
• Career progression opportunities - we promote from within!
• Monthly Staff Awards & Social Events - because we appreciate YOU!
• Blue Light Card for amazing discounts

We know that happy, supported staff provide the best care. That’s why we offer:

Competitive Pay

• £13.85 per hour
• £16.00 per hour on Bank Holidays
• £20.00 per hour on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day
• 35p mileage allowance
• On-call retainer payment:
  • £15 for Friday
  • £40 per day for Saturday and Sunday

Requirements

• A Full UK driving licence and access to a car
• To be living in the local area
• The ability to work alternate weekends
• To commit to working a minimum of one evening shift per week
• A kind, compassionate attitude and a calm approach to care
• Great communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships
• Ability to follow care plans
• Previous care experience
• Level 2 Health and Social Care qualification
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work independently while making decisions under pressure
• ABI experience is desirable but not essential

If you care deeply, Bluebird Care makes sure you have the time you need to do what you do best, the training so you can keep doing it better and the rewards that delivering such high-quality care deserves.

Care to Join Us? We'd love to welcome you to our team! Apply today, and we'll be in touch as soon as possible.

Bluebird Care Vale of Glamorgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

DBS checking and references will be undertaken in line with government regulations and recruitment best practices.

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