Casual Care / Domestic Assistant - Pentre House (Pentre)

1. Are you a caring individual with a desire to help people, looking for a flexible Care / Domestic role?
2. Duties will include general domestic tasks, kitchen duties and personal care of residents and service users.
3. We offer Paid DBS, Paid registration with Social Care Wales, Fully supported and free training programme and many more.

Job Reference: REQ001144  

Salary: £12.18 or £12.80 per hour depending on the duties undertaken

Location: Pentre House Care Home, Pentre Road, Pentre CF41 7DJ

Are you a caring individual with a desire to help people, looking for a flexible Care / Domestic role? If so, please join us, we are actively looking for individuals to join our dedicated team.

We are situated closely to the town of Treorchy with easy access to local amenities. The home is situated in its own grounds and is a multiple story building.

About Us:

We provide a high standard quality of care for up to 24 elderly frail individuals requiring residential support. We support our residents to maintain skills and encourage independence and promote dignity and privacy at all times. We respect peoples choices and engage individuals in activities and social outings.

As we are a regulated service our focus is on encouraging individuals care needs and for plans to be outcome based.

The Role:

We are interested in hearing from people who are reliable, have excellent communication skills and work well with others to work within our social care workforce. Duties will include general domestic tasks, kitchen duties and personal care of residents and service users.

You will need to be flexible and available at short notice to support our homes and cover periods of absence of permanent staff during the week, weekends and nights.

Candidates for these posts will have a positive outlook and understanding of the needs of older people. Previous experience of working with or spending time with an older person or person with a disability would be an advantage. The successful candidates will be supported to complete the All Wales Induction Framework (AWIF), a programme designed to prepare you for your new role and registration with Social Care Wales.

Benefits:

• Paid DBS
• Paid registration with Social Care Wales
• Fully supported and free training programme
• Shadowing experienced members of staff at induction
• Full necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and thorough risk assessments are carried out on the work environment in accordance with government guidelines.
• Free dedicated Occupational Health Service including self-referral physiotherapy and confidential counselling services
• Generous workplace pension scheme
• Staff benefits discount card
• Access to Blue Light card discounts
• Opportunities for career progression