Care Assistants - North Newcastle (drivers)

We are recruiting Care Assistants to provide care and support to people living in:

• NE3 (Fawdon, Kenton, Montague Estate, South Gosforth)
• NE2 (Jesmond)
• NE7 (Heaton and High Heaton)
  
• NE13 (Brunswick Village and Dinnington Village
  

• Bonus schemes: up to £300 new starter, up to £300 Refer a Friend, up to £400 annual bonus, £25 birthday gift voucher

As a Care Assistant for Be Caring, your working hours will be aligned to our shift patterns, with a 2-week rota, which for this role includes early & late shift working and alternate weekends:

• Early Shift: 7:00am - 3:00pm
• Late shift: 3:00pm - 11:00pm
• Full time and Part-time hours available

You may already have many of the skills needed to make an excellent Care Assistant for Be Caring, patience, empathy, and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively are all essential qualities for this role.

As a Care Assistant working within North Newcastle, you will:

• Provide personal care that protects people's dignity.
• Promote independence using enabling approaches.
• Support people to meet their outcomes, involving families and professionals.
• Connect people to their communities accessing local support and services.
• Deliver personalised care through individual choice and control.
• Be a strong and effective communicator, documenting, reporting, and sharing information with the right people at the right time.

We are looking for people with Be Caring values to join our team. For this role you do not need care experience, we recognise you will have many transferable skills from previous roles, for example as a shop assistant. We will provide you with the training you need to be an outstanding Care Assistant.

As a Care Assistant for Be Caring, you will be provided with comprehensive induction training on:

• Be Caring values, going Above & Beyond to meet personal outcomes.
• Dignity and respect, safeguarding and equality and diversity
• Confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Fluids and nutrition and safe administration of medication.
• Moving and positioning, basic life support, and pressure sores (React to Red)
• Infection prevention and control, health and safety.
• Learning Disabilities (Oliver McGowan Tier 1), mental health and capacity.

Apply today and our friendly recruitment team will be in touch!