Care assistant - united kingdom, manchester

location: manchester

at helping hands, we've been providing home care for over 30 years, so we know what it takes to deliver exceptional care. but we also take care of our own - those who go above and beyond every single day for our customers.

care assistants cover all manners of support for others - from companionship and days out to personal care and housekeeping. if you're looking for a role that is flexible around your lifestyle, has guaranteed pay and is doing something that genuinely makes a difference, look no further.

at helping hands, we can offer the following benefits for our care assistants:

guaranteed pay contract - consistent pay for an agreed amount of hours every month, whether we give you care calls or notabove the industry average for pay, depending on locationpaid mileage of 35p per mile between callsswift start process - providing you have right to work in the uk and an adult first check, begin working for us straight awayearly pay app - request up to 50% of your pay in advance of pay dayfree blue light card - national discount card for hundreds of retailerspaid hours for your covid vaccinationenhanced bank holiday pay ratesgenerous refer a friend scheme with easy app accesssupport to complete nationally recognised qualifications including your care certificate and nvqsaccess to our employee benefits portal where you'll get thousands of discounts and special offersaccess to our employee assistance program supporting in times of needour carers are directly employed by us giving you access to holiday entitlement and our pension schemeour guaranteed pay contract is an industry first, and we believe this will help you to agree on hours that suit you and get paid consistently every month. but if you're happy to have a zero-hours contract because it suits your lifestyle, that's fine too. our branch care managers will discuss your working preferences with you and go from there.

being a care assistant means you need to be adaptable, personable but ultimately put others first. your role will include:

companionshiphelping with personal carehelping with mobility around the homeoverseeing medication and providing medical supporthelping with housework such as cleaning and vacuumingpreparing and cooking mealsrunning errands such as food shopping or picking up prescriptionsall we need from you is a full uk driving license with access to your own car and the desire to care for others, we can teach you the rest. working as a care assistant isn't always the easiest job, but we promise that it will be one of the most rewarding.

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