Care Assistants (Evening Shifts)

Right at Home Dundee, Angus and North Fife is a friendly, local homecare provider which recognises that its employees are its greatest asset. We love our clients and greatly value our excellent team of Homecare Assistants.

We have vacancies in the following areas: Monifieth, Carnoustie, Broughty Ferry and surrounding areas.

You may already have the skills, knowledge and experience you need to make a great Care Assistant, but we can offer you the training and development to enhance those skills and take the next step in your career.

What we offer our Care Assistants:

• Variable or minimum guaranteed hour shifts
• Highly competitive hourly rates
• 45p per mile fuel allowance
• An office team that cares about you
• Paid-for, high-quality training (induction and ongoing)
• Free uniform and full suite of PPE to keep you safe at work
• Help with your SSSC Registration
• Career progression opportunities and room to grow
• Effective support from the office team
• A role that offers something different every day and plenty of job satisfaction
• The opportunity to be part of a really friendly and helpful team

Duties will include:

• Personal care
• Companionship and social support
• Medication administration or prompting
• Assisting Clients with washing and dressing
• Light Housekeeping
• Meal preparation

Requirements of a Care Assistant:

• Have a genuine passion to want to help others
• Be a reliable team player with a positive attitude
• Right to Work in the UK (visa valid for a minimum period of 12 months - we are unable to offer sponsorship)
• Availability for evenings and every second weekend (various shifts available)
• Full and valid UK or EU/EEA driving licence and access to own vehicle
• Ideally you will already hold qualifications such as an SVQ2/SVQ3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent but this is not essential as we provide training.
• Current registration with the Scottish Social Services council is also desirable although this could be done when onboarding with us for employment
• Applicants must be members or willing to become members of the Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups scheme (PVG) prior to commencing in post.

If you have experience as a Care Assistant, Support Worker, Carer, Health Care Assistant or in the NHS we would love to hear from you. However, if you do not have experience, we provide full training and encourage candidates from all sectors to apply, for example: retail sales assistant, customer service, hairdressers/beauticians, receptionist, administrator, cleaners, warehouse workers and delivery drivers. This could be the start of your new career, with our full support and outstanding training, anything is possible if you put your head and heart into it.

Right at Home is an equal opportunities employer. We are determined to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of personal or protected characteristics.