Care Assistant

Location: Thirsk, Northallerton & Easingwold Bluebird Care 

Salary:  Standard Rate: £14.00  per hour / Bank Holiday Rate: £21.00  per hour

Contract: Various

Hours : Various 

Do you enjoy driving? Do you have a caring, compassionate nature? Have you thought of combining them both and consider a career in Domiciliary Care (providing care to residents in their own homes), where every customer is as individual as their needs?

We are a family company and believe in nurturing talent and promoting from within. We have the best staffing retention rate in the area- contact us to find out why.

Bluebird Care have vacancies available within the Thirsk, Northallerton & Easingwold areas for care assistants to support customers with all aspects of their day to day living, so they can enjoy the best possible quality of life. Providing care and support is both a challenging and rewarding experience. You will work with customers in their own home. Good communication skills and a calm and caring manner are essential for this important role providing compassionate care and support that is centred on the individual needs and wishes of each customer. 

Having a flexible approach to hours and contracts based on your availability and client’s needs between 7am – 10pm Monday to Sunday, full driving licence and own transport are essential for this role, in return you’ll receive an excellent hourly rate plus mileage allowance between calls. You will be required to work alternate weekend and at least one evening a week.

• Care Assistants - Full and Part time available - £13.50 per hour (increasing to £20.25 per hour on bank holidays)
• Driving Licence required

Our Care Assistants benefit from:

· Some of the highest pay rates in North Yorkshire

· Bank Holidays paid at time and a half

· Travel allowance paid at 40p per mile.

· Guaranteed and contracted hours

· 28 days holiday per year, pro rata

· Paid training

· Free uniform - tunic, fleece, winter coat, hat & PPE rucksack

· Free funded training courses available including Level 2 & Level 3 Apprenticeships (NVQ)

· Work for an established, quality care company which values its workforce and has an established management team to support our staff

· No cutting corners. We have passed two CQC inspections in a row in every area.

*it is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.*  

*We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk*

If you feel this is the role for you, please contact Elle on View phone number on nycjobs.engageats.co.uk or email View email address on nycjobs.engageats.co.uk for further information. 

PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for more than one of our vacancies, you will only need submit ONE application. You can state in the ‘Supporting Evidence’ section of your application the other roles you would like to be considered for, but any suitable roles will be discussed with you.

Together we can Make Care Matter. 

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