Benefits:

The Private Care Company aim to employ and retain the highest quality live in carers in Brighton & Hove and in return for your skills, experience and commitment we offer excellent working conditions and benefits including:

Pay up to £998.57/week (inclusive of 5 weeks paid holiday)
Enhanced rates on Bank Holidays
Ongoing regular work with regular clients
Extensive training and a wide variety of ongoing online training available as well as Health and Social Care Diplomas (Levels 3, 4 & 5)
£150 Training Incentive payment paid on completion of three months employment
Excellent career progression and training opportunities
A friendly and supportive management team
Regular communication including monthly newsletters and recognition awards
Free counselling and wellbeing support
All of our carers are directly employed by us entitling you to holiday pay and company pension

Job Description:

The Private Care Company is a private, award winning and fully independent home care agency. We pride ourselves on our excellent reputation to provide high quality home care services which support our clients to remain independently living in their own homes for as long as possible.

We are currently looking to recruit a full-time live-in care assistant to work in the Brighton & Hove area. You must have previous experience working as a professional care assistant and ideally have relevant qualifications and training. You will have a caring nature and demonstrate our core values of kindness, compassion and empathy.

Key Accountabilities

To support clients to live independently and safely in their own homes
To live-in (including sleeping) the clients home during the assignment period
To deliver all tasks stated on the care plans to an excellent standard and in accordance with all The Private Care Company’s policies and procedures, best practice, agreed standards, legislative requirements, relevant regulations
To carry out and assist clients of The Private Care Company with a variety of personal, practical and general care tasks.
To support client’s food and fluid intake as directed by the care plan, and to ensure documentation of all intake as per training
To maintain care skills at the required level and undertake such training and development as may from time to time be required
To communicate with and report any incidents to the care manager as necessary to ensure high standards of care are delivered
To liaise with other professionals such as district nurses, doctors, pharmacists, occupational therapists etc, to ensure that clients receive a high standard of care

Skills / Experience / Knowledge:

The Care Certificate (full training provided)
Multi-skilled care delivery capability
Live-in care experience
Manual handling training
Good written and oral communication skills
A minimum of six months previous experience working as a live-in care assistant or in a residential/care/nursing home or home/domiciliary care setting

Person Profile:

Kind, caring and patient
Adaptable
Able to think on feet
Able to manage difficult situations
Reliable
Able to commit to working a minimum of two weeks at a time
Currently residing in the UK - we are unable to provide sponsorship for overseas applicants
Able to reliably commute to Brighton & Hove

In return for your hard work and commitment we will pay you £891.03 per week, plus holiday pay which equates to £998.57 per week.

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £891.03-£998.57 per week

Benefits:

Company pension
Free flu jabs
Referral programme

Experience:

care: 1 year (required)
live-in care: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

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