Personal Care Assistant

Job Description

Are you looking for a rewarding career in care? Do you want to join an established care team taking exceptional measures to keep us all safe? Want to be apart of providing outstanding care to our customers? Then apply today and join Audley Care!

Warmth. Empathy. Respect. They are at the heart of delivering care the ‘Audley way’

And they’re the qualities we look for in all of our Carers, whether they're experienced managers, or taking a role in the sector for the very first time. At Audley Care, we’re proud of the way we’re enriching people’s lives. How? By helping people maintain their independence in their own home, and delivering exceptional care that’s best in class.

We are actively looking for a Community Care Assistant, to work throughout the Ilkley area, providing care in the local community. This can be a very varied role involving anything from personal care, domestic care and companionship care, we provide full training for all our new team members.

What will I do?

• Assist customers with personal care including helping them in and out of bed, washing, showering and dressing
• Assist with our customers daily routines
• Attending doctors’ appointments and collection of medication
• Taking our customers food shopping, clothes shopping, attending events or local community groups
• Helping with preparation of meals and assisting around the house with washing, cleaning or ironing
• Providing companionship and company being a friend and somebody that our customers can rely on
• you will be based within the community, so we would need you to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle

Where will I be based?

We are looking for Care Assistants to support our clients in the Ilkley and surrounding areas of Addingham, Burley in Wharfedale, Menston, Otley and Cookridge.

What can we offer you?

• Flexible working hours meaning that you’re able to carry on with commitments outside of working life
• Hourly rates starting from £9.35 and increasing dependent on experience
• 32p per mile paid to cover any travel and petrol costs
• Excellent training programme in place including mandatory training and the option to undertake your NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care
• Retail discounts
• Healthcare cash plan
• Pension scheme
• Uniform provided

COVID-19 considerations:
Keeping our care teams and customers safe is our priority. We provide all of our carers with the following - Type IIR Masks, Visors, Aprons, Gloves & Sanitisers as well as weekly Covid testing for all staff. Risk assessments are also in place to support all