Care Assistant - Community Support Worker

"Let's prioritize care in 2024!"

"To achieve great work, you must love what you do. If you are still searching for your passion, look no further than Retain Healthcare”.
We are revolutionizing the way care and support are delivered to people living at home in your community. This is an opportunity for the right individual to shape and develop a new service and deliver care that provides an improved quality of life to those who need you most.
Joining us means you will have access to innovative training and personal development opportunities that will change the course of your career. You will be at the forefront of shaping the future of social care and developing the next generation of care professionals. Don't just work in social care, feel proud of your contribution to it. Take the first step towards greatness with Retain Healthcare.

Being Part of Retain Healthcare, you will benefit from:

• 24 hour support advice and guidance
• Employee assistance program
• Full time Mental Health First Aiders who are there for you when you need them
• Having your own dedicated coordinator who will ensure you have the work you want and that you have everything you need to be successful in your role
• Working for a Company that strives to do things better or differently
• Local training and your own career development pathway endorsed by Skills for care. City and Guilds
• FLEXIBLE hours - part time or full time, with a range of shifts including days and nights.
• Guaranteed Hours available
• FREE uniform, DBS Rebate Reimbursement
• Enhanced Bank Holiday pay
• Free blue light card
• Weekly pay
• Easy online application
• Gloucestershire – CQC – Outstanding for Well Led
• Retain Rewards - local discounts
• £250 joining bonus

NO SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED
 
Requirements: 

• A kind, approachable, caring and passionate individual
• Drivers licence 
• Your own car 
• Willingness to learn and make a difference
• Available 7am-2pm or 4pm-10pm

Block Pay.
An option to earn extra income with Block Pay is available for our carers, who offer a combination of homecare and block services.
How does Block care work?

• Set shifts 7-2 and 4-10
• We pay for 13 hours per day , regardless of contact time

Main Duties and Responsibilities include:

• When required liaise with Social Workers, District Nurses and other agency professionals within the multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute towards communicating changes of requirements.
• Ensure that you work within the company policies and procedures.
• Attending training and expanding your personal development
• Assist customers as appropriate with their personal needs, such as dressing, washing, meal preparation and access to their community as detailed in the Care Plan.
• When working within a customer’s home setting you may be assisting customers with, or where necessary carry out light housework, such as dusting, sweeping/ vacuuming carpets, living rooms/ kitchens/ bathrooms and toilets, polishing furniture using dusters/ mops/ equipment, washing and ironing clothing and bed linen, preparing and cooking a meal.
• Following the outcome focused model, encourage customers to undertake personal care and tasks which they are capable of, recognising that their abilities may change, in some circumstances, on a day-to-day basis

Retain Healthcare Ltd and Retain Skills (South West) Ltd are an equal opportunities employer, offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and DBS Check.