Elderly Befrienders - Care To Drink Tea & Eat Cake?

£9.30 per hour visiting time + travel time + mileage allowance and holiday pay on top! (April 2020)

Working hours are part-time & average 10-20 hours per week depending on your availability & location.

Work rotas that are tailor made to fit around YOUR availability.

An opportunity where personality, attitude & heart count for more than work experience or qualifications.

Opportunity to be part of a friendly team of like-minded individuals who all care passionately for the people they support.

Immediate (APRIL 2020) start.

This is a totally unique care sector opportunity - We will carefully match you to your own small circle of older adults in your local community and you will support them to live happy, independent lives by providing:

Prompting & assisting your clients with their medication

Support getting in & out of the shower & getting dressed

Help to & from the loo

Preparing simple meals and light household duties

Companionship, a cup of tea & a natter

Shopping tips, social Calls, appointments, clubs & hobbies (own car advantageous)

You could be joining our award-winning, small, family-run, local home care company whose visits always involve an element of companionship. We have won multiple awards over the years and have built an excellent reputation in the local area for truly first class care. This home care service with the personal touch is different to any other care organisation in the area, providing a minimum of 1-hour home visits to a predominantly private client base, but the focus being on companionship and loneliness prevention. The average visiting time is actually far higher at about 80 minutes and our friendly office team are sensible about travel time and distances as well so you'll be visiting clients within a pre-agreed area to suit you.

Benefits:

Free or subsidised travel

Flexible working hours

Wellness programmes

No formal experience required. We are much more interested in you having a caring, positive disposition & a ready smile!

£9.30 per hour visiting time + travel & waiting time + mileage allowance and holiday pay on top! (March 2020)

Flexible Part-time hours are available between 10-20 hours per week (unfortunately, we cannot offer purely school hours or full-time as each employee only has a small circle of their own regular clients)

If you have some availability mornings (ideally starting at 08:00) or tea/evening times (ideally starting at 18:00) & a couple of hours alternate weekends, then this position could fit around your other interests & commitments

Excellent training is provided and you'll meet some likeminded people

The biggest benefit of all is making a difference every day and putting a smile on your clients faces

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £9.30 /hour