Care Assistant

Salary: £26,000 per year

About The Role

Rugeley – £9.46 on weekdays, £9.91 on weekends and 30p per business mile

Are you looking for a new job opportunity? Have you ever thought about a career in care? Do you have what it takes?

Nexxus Care are recruiting Cannock and the surrounding areas, we don’t need you to have experience in care, as we’ll provide you with all of the training you’ll need, with additional support from your designated care champion!

As well as a competitive pay structure, Nexxus Care offer a wide range of benefits such as:

* Refer a friend scheme (You’ll receive £100, and so will your friend!)

* Blue Light Card membership – This means you’ll get discounts from loads of high street store including JD Sports, New Look, River Island and more! You can also save money on your holidays!

* Mend Your motors discount warranty & AA membership discount – In case of those unexpected car troubles

* Access to free counselling service – We want to ensure that you’re looked after in every way possible

* Paid training and funded diploma – T&C’s apply

* Funded DBS – T&C’s apply

* 2 free uniforms and welcome pack – Which includes: hand sanitisers, lip balm, hand cream, face coverings and all of your PPE

* Regular COVID testing, and you’ll also be given the opportunity to receive your COVID vaccine

About You

Qualities were looking for:

* Empathetic and compassionate – Going back to basics, we need individuals who are passionate about providing care

* Trustworthy and reliable – Are you punctual? Can you manage your time well?

* Resilience? – Care is extremely rewarding, but can you handle the challenges as well as the fulfilment

* Flexible – We try our best to ensure you can work the shifts preferred, but on occasions you may need to be flexible

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What we need from you:

* Can you work 7am – 2pm and/or 4pm – 10pm across 7 days, including alternate weekends on a set rota?

* We’re looking for drivers. Do you have a full UK licence and access to a vehicle?

* Do you have the right to work in the UK with proofs? (i.e. passport, Visa)

* We’ll need to complete a DBS check if you’re successful, we will cover the initial cost of this – T&C’s apply

* Attend Zoom Video interview – We’re doing our recruitment virtually at the moment, to keep everybody as safe as possible (don’t worry if you’re not tech savvy, the team will be able to help you if need be)

* Provide professional references – We’ll need at least 2 reference from you previous employers

* Complete mandatory e-learning and attend a 1 day classroom based induction held locally – You’ll be paid to attend your training, and our training and recruitment team are always available to help

About Us

Nexxus care are a Staffordshire County Council owned company and our goal is to provide outstanding domiciliary and reablement support to our clients, as we understand the importance of caring for people in the familiarity of their own home, we built our services around people, not processes or tasks.

For our customers, this means that we will:

Provide support that gives our service users as much control as possible over their decisions, the service they receive, and supporting them to live the life they choose, as well as providing care and support that will help them to maintain their dignity at all times.

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