Community Care Assistant

CareYourWay Carer

• Location: Stockport, Manchester

Providing care within the following postcodes:

SK1 1 – 3; SK12 1 – 2; SK2 5 – 7; SK22 1 – 4; SK23 0 / 6 – 7 / 9; SK3 0 / 8 – 9; SK4 1 – 5; SK5 6 – 8; SK6 1 – 8; and SK7 3 - 6.

Candidates require care experience - can be in any form of care setting

• Salary/Pay Rate: £13 - £15 per hour, plus travel time and mileage paid between visits

As one of the Top 20 Home Care Groups across the country, we’re on the search for passionate individuals to make a real difference to people’s lives.

As a family-run business, we’re extremely passionate about providing our teams with the best opportunity for career development, whether part-time or full-time. We pay full travel time plus mileage, ensuring that our fantastic teams are remunerated at an outstanding level. Our family-like, 5-star rated culture welcomes anyone who is looking for a new place to call home, and a place where care can be treated as a real career.

What’s it like having a career in care?

“The best decision I’ve ever made” – an employee who has been with us for over 16 years.

As one of the most rewarding careers available, being a carer in our family-run community has a variety of benefits. We’re on the search for individuals with similar values and who truly care about making a difference to people’s lives. With a variety of benefits available, you can expect a career that can be fun, meaningful, and invitingly challenging. Our employees report a monumental satisfaction rate from their roles as they support individuals to live a happy, fulfilling life. Opportunities are vast, as CareYourWay provides a ‘whole care service’, varying from simple companionship care visits, all the way through to complex, end-of-life care. We have positions open for condition-specific champions should individuals wish for career development, or for those wanting a role focused on less complex duties, we have a plethora of opportunities available for them too.

Our collection of 5-star reviews stems from people who love working in a career that genuinely helps other people. If you’re looking to make a difference, whilst being remunerated at an outstanding level, CareYourWay may be your place to call home!

We are a family-run team.

CareYourWay Stockport is not just about serving the community; it's about being a team. You'll be working with people like you, who’ll be there for you through life’s ups and downs.

On joining us, you'll train for the industry-recognised Care Certificate, and you'll shadow experienced colleagues while you learn the ropes. You’ll have access to a 24-7 on-call system, an office team who are only one phone call away, industry-leading care software and technology, a thorough induction and training programme, ongoing learning opportunities alongside a variety of different benefits that recognises your dedication to the care sector.

Critically, our technology lets you concentrate on providing care, instead of administration. As such, your contact time with clients is at an all-time high, instead of worrying about writing with a pen and paper.

With CareYourWay, we hope you’ll never feel alone, with our 24/7 on-call system, regular human resources meetings, community staff meetings, and regular care plan reviews, which supports you to deliver the best care possible.

Real-Time Care Tracking

Through our commitment to bringing technology and care together, we are proud to say all our care notes are electronic, including medication, patch notes, and general care notes. If you’re not tech-savvy, please don’t worry! Our qualified training team will be there every step of the way to ensure you have full training and feel comfortable before independently providing care.

An outstanding-quality service with outstanding-quality benefits:

·Travel time pay

·Holiday pay (time and a half pay on Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year’s Day, plus other bank holidays).

·Company pension.

·Medical insurance scheme

·Zero – hour contract with flexibility

·Availability on day shifts, night shifts and weekends

·Your shifts will normally include one weekend every two weeks.

·There are often overtime opportunities, but these are voluntary.

·You'll need a full UK driving license, with use of a car and business/commuting business car insurance

·You'll get access to our mobile phone applications with our EMAR and HR software, so you can work safely and efficiently.

·Full on broad & paid training scheme

·You’ll also receive details for our ongoing E-Learning platform with hundreds of courses at your disposal.

·24/7 on-call system is open for employees to call at any point for any questions; no question is too big or small.

• We require experienced carers specifically in domiciliary care (not care home or childcare experience).
• Candidates must have their own vehicle and business car insurance.
• If they are not registered with the DBS Update Service, we can apply for a new DBS; however, they will need to pay the fee themselves. We will reimburse the cost after they successfully complete their 6-month probation period.