Job:
Advanced Community Care Worker

JOB: Community Care Worker
East Belfast
Location
£11.30
Hourly Rate
30p
per mile

Job Type:
Full & Part-time
Role:
Permanent
Shifts:
Days or Evenings
Annual Leave:
5.6 weeks Pro Rata
Your Benefits :
Excellent Pay Rate - £11.30per hour
Enhanced Holiday Rates - up to £22.60ph
Access to a company car
Permanent Contract
Free Uniform
Paid Training
Daily support from the office team
Career Progression Opportunities
Company Pension

We are looking for caring individuals to join our team of Advanced Community Care Workers in the East/South Belfast area.
Our team of Advanced Level Community Care Workers provide a Rapid Response service delivering intermediate domiciliary care for clients being discharged from hospital. This will be an exciting new challenge where each day is different and your actions have a big impact on people’s lives.
Optimum Care is a leading provider of high quality care. We are equally proud of our specialist training offered to our careers to allow them to develop their careers.
Your Benefits:
- Excellent Pay – £11.30 per hour + mileage
- Enhanced Bank Holiday rates – up to £22.60 per hour (we offer the best rates for working bank holidays)
- Paid training & induction
- Permanent contract with guaranteed hours every shift (No zero-hour contracts)
- No upfront cost for your Access NI
- Free uniform
- Quick turnaround for interview and induction
- Career progression opportunities
- Daily support from the office team
- Refer a Friend Bonus
- Company Pension
What you will be doing:
- Adapt practice to changing needs of clients.
- Ensure that issues arising with a care plan or client condition are reported contemporaneously to the office
- Adhere to company confidentiality policy
- Complete good quality records (paper & electronic) in accordance with company standards, and systems (mobile app)
- Welcome new staff, lead by example, and promote a team working culture
- Maintain a high level of attendance at work
- Answer calls from your co-ordinator/line manager and respond to messages immediately ensuring you have a working mobile phone at all times
- Maintain a flexible approach to your rota which may require change at short notice, and covering all aspects of domiciliary services (this will include core runs)
- Follow the out-of-hours on-call procedure appropriately and participate in care worker ‘stand-by’ on an occasional and rotational basis.
- Assist On-Call in an advisory capacity as requested in regard to securing cover for shifts and any other adverse events.
- Develop professional rapport with multi-disciplinary team members involved in service user care.
Shifts:
- Day Shift: 7.00 am to 6.00 pm (10.25 hours guaranteed)
- Evening Shift: 6.00 pm to 11.00 pm (5 hours paid guaranteed)
Essential Criteria
- 1 year of experience in a care setting
- Full driving license and access to a car
- Mobile phone
We are an Equal Opportunities employer.
We are delighted you want to be part of our team!
Please fill in the application form below to apply now: