Care Assistant

Liberty Private Care are looking for two Part Time Care Assistants to join our select team to work between 20 - 30 hours a week including working alternate weekends. You need to be flexible in your availability, be a car driver with use of a car and have at least 2 years experience in a regulated adult care service eg residential home, hospital, homecare. An NVQ in Health & Social Care would be an advantage.

This role involves accessing the community every day 0800-1300 therefore we can only accept care staff who drive.

The hourly rate is £13.50/hr Monday-Friday & £14.50/hr at the weekend.

Experience in complex care or looking after children/young adults with disabilities, would be an advantage.

We provide comprehensive training both during your paid induction and during your time working for us. All of our visits are a minimum of one hour so you are not rushed in providing your care and you are not only paid mileage at 35 pence/mile but you are paid the travel time between clients as well.

Benefits include:

• Flexible working hours
• Paid travel time
• Paid mileage at 35p/mile
• Full entitlement of paid annual leave
• Uniform Provided
• Paid DBS & Referral service
• Employer contributed pension scheme
• Paid training time
• Blue Light card
• Interest free staff loans if required
• Regular staff social activities
• Carer of the Year Award
• Annual Award Dinner
• Support from experienced management team
• Be respected, valued and be part of a successful team.

We provide care for a minimum of 1 hour for each client

About The Role

You will be providing care for a young female adult who lives in the community. The role involves personal care, companionship, making them meals and taking them out every day in their own adapted mobility vehicle.

We allow sufficient time for you to travel between clients so that you are not rushing AND we pay you for your travel time. Our management team are supportive and we provide an on call service out of office hours so that if you have any urgent queries, you can always get hold of someone.

We have regular social events so that you can get together with your colleagues for some down time.

We provide a service to our clients that goes above and beyond the norm and where we go the extra mile for them. As part of that, we train our staff above the usual requirements so that you are able to do more. If you would like to work for a company who provides a high level of care and values it’s staff, apply now to Liberty Private Care.

Required Criteria

• Right to Work in the UK
• NVQ 2 (or higher) in Health & Social Care
• Driving licence & Use of a Car
• Must be able to work alternate weekends
• Minimum 2 years experience in care
• Excellent written & oral communication skills

Skills Needed

Paperwork and Record Keeping, Experience working with vulnerable people, Domiciliary Care

About The Company

Liberty Private Care was founded by husband and wife team, Andrew and Fiona Key in 2019 when Fiona was unable to find the standard of care that she wanted for her own mother. Together, Fiona and Andrew have more than 75 years nursing and care experience and have worked in the NHS, for care agencies, residential care and nursing homes, and also run a successful homecare company in north-west England.

At Liberty Private Care we provide care that bridges the gap between traditional home care and nursing by giving our carers enhanced training above the norm, including RESTORE2 so that they can take observations for their clients if there are any concerns about them. We’ve also proactively worked with local and national bodies to improve care standards through innovation and training.

Andrew worked closely with organisations to help create and define the ‘Six Steps End of Life Accreditation’ for community care and Liberty Private Care earned this accreditation from the Countess Mountbatten Hospice in Southampton. We are one of the top 20 home care providers.

Company Culture

Liberty Private Care has always been managed by people with hands-on experience in the social and healthcare sector. All the carers have a minimum of 2 years previous care experience before they start working for Liberty Private Care and nearly all the carers have an NVQ 2 or higher.

Alongside the quality of carers that we provide, our management team also provide a concierge service, going the extra mile in helping our clients and their families with things. This is particularly useful where family members don’t live locally or where families are time poor.

Liberty Private Care stand out from the crowd in the quality of staff and the service we provide.

We pride ourselves on giving our team the knowledge and training to develop new skills to achieve qualifications. In exchange, we offer the most competitive rates in the region, plus pension and recruitment bonuses.

The majority of our training is led by our registered nurse at our premises in Christchurch, where we have dedicated, modern training facilities.

Company Benefits

Comprehensive induction training

Competitive rates of pay

Supportive management team which encourages two-way feedback

Working within a close-knit team for a local independent home care provider

Opportunities for structured career advancement - encouragement for higher qualifications

Consistent week by week rotas where possible

Training in clinical procedures - observations, wound dressing, insulin injections etc.

Retirement plan and/or pension, Flexible schedule, Employee development programs, Free parking, Competitive salary, Blue Light Card, Social Opportunities, Employee Recognition Scheme

Salary

£14.50 - £29.00 per hour