Personal Assistant/Senior Care Assistant - Dorset

This position is to support clients in East & West Dorset (Ringwood, Verwood, Blanford, Gillingham & Sturminster Marshall) area.

Earn £10ph weekdays and £11 ph weekends.

Abicare is looking for a team of Personal Assistants/Senior Care Assistants to work alongside our Live in Department-by supporting our existing clients for a minimum of a two-hour visit each while their Live in Carers have breaks and days off.

The Senior Care Assistant will be responsible for writing and updating Risk Assessments and Care Plans, as well as assist with carer changeovers.

To fast track your application, we offer video call interviews and free online training.

Abicare is a leading provider of Live-In care across Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Sussex, Dorset, South Wales, Wiltshire and Hampshire with a wealth of experience in delivering person-centred care. Our core values are our people and delivering the best care we can every day to our customers. Our belief is that everyone should have the choice to live a happy and fulfilled life in their own homes.

Ensuring that our elderly and vulnerable clients are able to achieve better independence in their own home is our number one priority.

For our Live-In Carer role, we recruit experienced Live-In Carers, Support Workers and Care Assistants and tailor the training to your individual needs and work background to allow for an immediate start.

At Abicare we have been quick to adapt to the Covid19 crisis from offering online training to issuing new safety policies and a strong supply of PPE, the safety of our Carers and our customers is paramount to us.

Working in care comes with many benefits:

• the unrivalled job satisfaction of giving something back to your community
• the ability to build meaningful relationships and offer support to vulnerable people at home. Without it, these people may not be able to live independently in their familiar surroundings where their most precious memories were made

What we offer:

• An enhanced rate on Bank Holidays
• Planned travel time paid at NLW
• Mileage paid at 25p per mile
• Fantastic training to provide a first-class service

Successful applicants will need a full driving license, access to their own vehicle and have a clear DBS (we can help with this).

Previous care experience is essential for this role with a Level 3 qualification preferred.

Consider working in care for flexible hours, alternate weekends and to give something back to your local community during these difficult and challenging times. If we all pull together, we CAN continue to provide vital care to those who need it the most.

Contact us today to find out how you can be part of the ABICARE team!