Care Assistant

Choices Homecare
  • Title Care Assistant
  • Setting Clients Home
  • Role Carer / Support Worker
  • Salary £12.60 to £13.10 per hour Mileage 30p per mile
  • Hours Full Time or Part Time
  • Location Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Job Summary

Date posted: 20 February 2025

WE ARE HIRING!!!!

If you want to work for a dynamic, forward-thinking, leading healthcare provider that wants to invest in you and see you shine, then apply now.

What we ask from you

  • Passion and dedication – As most carers will tell you its more of a calling than a job
  • Experience – Not the experience you imagine, life experience is just as important
  • Sense of humour – After all laughing is the best medicine.
  • Going the extra mile – You’ve got to be willing to make the perfect cuppa after all.
  • Flexibility –No two days are the same in the care world.
  • Openness to learn – With the life stories of others every day is a school day.

We can teach you practical skills but it’s the personal qualities that make a difference

What we do

We provide person-centred care to vulnerable adults in the community of Penistone.

Why shouldn’t people continue to live in their own homes if they need support? That’s where we come in. We have created a team of dedicated care workers to support those in need. Our vision is to ensure no one struggles in their day-to-day life. Join our mission to care for those who once cared for us.

What we can offer you

  • Mileage paid - To get you from call to call.
  • Career development - It's a career, not just a job most of our senior staff have come up the ranks
  • Supportive office team - Teamwork makes the dream work.
  • Employee engagement officer - A dedicated member of staff to support you, your happiness is our priority
  • Ongoing training and Development - We want to see you shine.
  • Free uniform - Including a fleece to keep you warm.
  • Free DBS - We process it and we pay for it.
  • A referral bonus scheme – Recommend your friend and receive £250*! *Once 12-week probation period is complete
  • Paid shadowing shifts - While you settle in.
  • 24/7 support - From our dedicated on-call team

We hope to help you start your rewarding career in care.

THERE’S NO JOB QUITE LIKE IT!

Areas covered - Penistone, Silkstone, Silkstone Common, Cawthorne, Stocksbridge, Thurgoland, Wortley, Howbrook, Pilley, Tankersley, Higham, Dodworth, Hoyland, Kexborough, or up towards the South Kirklees border.

Please note this is a community position traveling from home to home.

We cannot offer sponsorship visas for overseas workers.