Location: Plymouth
Salary: £740 per week, weekly pay

Exciting opportunity! Urgent start required. Live-in care worker. At least 6 months' paid experience of working in care in the UK is required, and a full UK driving licence is preferred but not essential for this role.

The cover pattern is 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off. You will be supporting a female client who has dementia and has a risk of falling. The cover is 8 hours per day to allow for breaks and also an overnight stay on location.

We're looking for:

• Paid previous experience as a Professional Carer
• Flexible availability
• Excellent communication skills
• A full UK driver's licence and business insurance are preferred but not essential
• Kind and empathetic
• Trustworthy and reliable
• Proactive and positive nature
• Professional employment references

What we offer:

• Holiday pay
• Free DBS
• Pension scheme
• Blue light card
• Refer a friend scheme
• National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you and your career
• Paid time off to volunteer and give back to the charities and causes that matter to you
• Employee Assistance Line, available 24/7 and fully confidential
• Support from your local branch team and out-of-hours support

About us:
The Plymouth branch opened in 1997 and is CQC Outstanding. The most important thing to us is that people we support, and our care team, are happy. We are a friendly and supportive team with quality at the forefront of everything we do. We will work with you, providing exceptional training and support so that you can do what you do best, without any worries or uncertainty.

Your role will include:

• Supporting with personal care tasks
• Administering medication
• Preparing and encouraging fluids and nutrition
• Assisting with activities of daily living, companionship and outings
• Maintaining skin integrity
• Domestic duties and shopping trips where appropriate
• Maintaining and updating care records

In line with CQC and Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake enhanced DBS/PVG, right to work, reference and employment history checks in line with government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice. You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC. Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks, there may be extensions to timelines.

As a private provider of home care in the UK, Prestige Nursing and Care is not affiliated with the NHS; as such, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment visa at this time. All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing and Care colleagues are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.