Care Assistant

Salary: £26,000 per year

Be part of something special ~ Care for others!

Guinness Care is a not-for-profit organisation that specialise in care services for older people. We want to provide great person-centred services to enable our customers to live positive, independent lives.

Our Extra Care service provides support to customers living in their own home located within Quayside, Totnes.

As a Care Assistant, you will provide personalised support to our customers. This is an incredibly varied and rewarding role where every interaction makes a real difference. Whether it’s helping customers out of bed, assisting with medication, preparing meals, helping to clean around the house, delivering personal care or just being someone to talk to, the work done by our carers is critical to supporting our customers to maintain their independence.

We make sure we’re always there for our customers when they need us, so our standard service operates between 7am – 10pm, 7 days a week. You’ll need to have flexibility to work shift patterns between these times including alternate weekends and bank holidays when required.

We would love to hear from you if you have previously worked as a Care Assistant, Care Giver, Homecare Worker or Community Support Worker, but, as we provide full training, we also welcome applications from candidates who have no previous experience.

What’s on offer?

We offer an excellent benefits package for our Care and Support Enabler’s that help make Guinness Care a great place to work. These include:

• An excellent starting salary of £26,000per hour
• Permanent contract + guaranteed hours
• Employee assistance programme
• £250 refer a friend scheme
• Pension scheme and Simply Health Cashback Plan
• We pay for and provide, work mobile, uniform and DBS
• RQF qualification in Health and Social Care, funded by us.
• Genuine opportunities to progress through the company
• Eligibility for a Blue Light Card offering discounts with retailers

If you are looking for a role where you can really make a difference, we would love to hear from you! Simply click APPLY and we’ll be in touch.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.