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Home Care Workers - East Dunbartonshire
Job ReferenceCAH/ED
Sector- Care At Home
Hours- Full Time
Location- East Dunbartonshire
Job Type: Flexible shift patterns offered
Salary: £9.30 per hour + Mileage. Holiday Pay + Workplace Pension also provided
Required: Full UK Drivers Licence + access to own car
Often referred to as Home Helps, but now officially entitled Home Care Workers to reflect the modern, professional and multi-function service provided to at-home residents, Clyde Homecare are looking to add to their highly trained and respected workforce.
JOB LOCATION
You will provide care and support to residents based in the East Dunbartonshire area, focusing on but not restricted to Kirkintilloch, Bishopbriggs, Bearsden, Milton of Campsie, Torrance, Lenzie and Milngavie.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for candidates with experience of providing care at home, but also those who may be thinking of undertaking this type of work for the first time.
Comprehensive training is provided for all candidates before commencement, regardless of experience, and continues throughout the duration of your career with us, with back-up from our management team at all times.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate a flexible, honest and reliable approach to providing the following services, which will enable service users to remain independent in their own home:
• Assistance with personal care, including dressing and undressing
• Meal preparation and cleaning where required
• Medication assistance, prompting and administering
• Providing domestic and household services
• Assisting clients to develop and maintain their daily living skills
• Reporting any change which may affect the health or well-being of a service user
BENEFITS
• Flexible shift patterns to suit your needs
• Holiday pay + workplace pension
• Fully paid pre-employment training
• Support provided to gain SVQ qualification
• Free uniform / smart phone provided for work purposes
• ‘Recommend a Friend’ scheme
• Mileage provided for all work related travel
• Statutory maternity / paternity / sick pay
REQUIREMENTS
• Right to live and work in the UK
• Full PVG check required
• Registered with / willing to register with the SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council)
• Full UK drivers’ licence and access to own transport
Experience is not always necessary, we are looking for individuals with a flexible, honest and reliable approach to the provision of care – if you fit that bill, we would like to hear from you.
We offer various shift patterns for care and support staff, pay mileage to all staff using their own cars during the course of a shift.
We also provide comprehensive training before commencement, and which continues throughout the duration of your career with us, with back-up from our management team at all times.
The cost of PVGs are covered by Clyde Homecare, and we will also provide a free uniform annually, as well as continuous training and smart phone for work purposes.
Clyde Homecare is committed to offering the Scottish Living Wage to our carers.
Working For Us
If your application is successful, the next step will be to attend an interview with one of our consultants. You will have to bring along:
Please Note – Foreign nationals must have a current passport and visa and be eligible to work in the UK.
You will be informed about your rates of pay and condition of employment before starting any position.
Specialist Roles
Clyde Homecare occasionally recruits candidates to work in management roles such as:
We will consider candidates of all background and experience for all our roles, and we are a committed equal opportunities provider.
To see our current roles please click on Vacancies.
Refer a Friend
Are you a current Clyde Homecare worker who knows someone who is dedicated, reliable and honest in their approach, and would be suitable to work in an essential care and support industry?
If they agree and would like to be considered for a role, provide us with their contact details and we’ll do the rest.
If your friend is successfully recruited as a full-time worker and then accumulates 100 hours work, you will both receive a £100 payment each.
If your friend is successfully recruited as a bank worker and then accumulates 50 hours work, you will both receive a £50 payment each.
To refer a friend call us on 0141 427 3665
