Female Live-in Care Assistant - Gillingham

Location

Gillingham, Kent | United Kingdom

Job description

We are seeking Live In Carers to join our amazing team of Healthcare professionals.  Join our team today !

Pay Rates -  £760 - £800 per week  

As a Live-In Carer you will have the privilege of living with our customers to provide the very best care. You are there to be a companion, but also to help them remain as independent as possible in their own home and cherish all the memories they’ve made there.  You will work up to 8 hours per day with the customer providing the required care and support whilst also sleeping in the premises overnight to be on hand if required.

Benefits:

• Enhanced rates for Bank Holidays

• If you use your own vehicle for customer use, you will be entitled to 45p per mile
• Refer a friend bonus scheme - up to £200 each time
• NHS Healthcare Scheme including Counselling, GP services and Gym Membership discounts
• Paid Holiday on a pro rata basis
• 3 meals a day included
• You will also have a separate room to stay and access to a TV and WIFI.
• Blue light card, offering store discounts at retailers e.g., clothing, Halfords as well as a discount on days out to Chessington/Thorpe Park/Alton Towers etc
• Opportunities for career development, both out in the field and office-based
• Support from our Mental Health Champions
• You will have regular contact with your supervisor along with access to our career pathway
• Scheduled daily and weekly breaks which you can spend as you wish in or outside of the customer’s home
• A clearly defined schedule of working time vs downtime during each day
• Loyalty Scheme available via Care Friends App.

To begin with you will live with our customers for 3 weeks on and one week off but once you’re embedded into your role, you will be able to stay for  a maximum of 8 working weeks at a time.  Previous experience is a bonus but not a requirement.  Live-in Carers are matched to our customers to ensure our customers and you get along.

You must have:

• Right to work in the UK
• Excellent level of English.
• It is desirable to have a driving licence and your own vehicle but not essential.

Daily duties will include, providing personal care duties, administering medication, manual handling, using equipment where required, promoting customer health and well-being, enabling them to live their life to the full.

Apply today and we will be in touch shortly!

Section 7(2b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 applies that there is a genuine occupational requirement for female staff for these positions.

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