From April 2023, our rates of pay will increase from £11.47 to £13.72 per hour to £12.59- £13.84 per hour.

Guild Care are currently offering a £1000 welcome bonus to all successful new members of the team who take on a role in care, home care, Support Workers (Day Services) (subject to terms and conditions).

When you join Guild Care, you will get an extended family, we will be there for you around the clock. We will laugh with you and support you when times are hard. Apply and join our family

All calls within a small geographical area within Worthing and Shoreham-by-sea
Round the clock dedicated support. If you are working, so are we!

Location Guild Care

Home Care Service
Worthing and Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex

Salary

£11.47 to £13.72 per hour, depending on experience and shifts worked + mileage allowance of 45p per mile.

Hours of Work

• Flexible hours 9 am- 1pm Monday- Friday
• Every other weekend 9 am-1 pm
• Flexibility to suit commitments

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About our Home Care service

Our Home Care service - which is rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission - was established in 1994 to promote independent living.

The service enables older people and vulnerable adults in and around Worthing to lead better quality lives whilst remaining safe and comfortable in their own homes.

About the role

We are seeking compassionate and professional Community Care Assistants to assist our clients in the community with personal care, domestic help, emotional support, and other general tasks such as shopping, medication, and mobility.

We are committed to providing our clients with privacy, choice, and dignity. While experience would be an advantage, it is not required for the position. Instead, we are looking for people who are genuine, considerate, and respectful towards their clients as well as their colleagues.

You must be aged 18 or over and have your own transport.

When you join our team, we will discuss with you what’s on offer and your career aspirations. You will meet our friendly, supportive Learning and Development Team and join our own in-house trainers in our fantastic training facilities.

We can help you gain access to relevant professional qualifications, accredited learning programmes, the Care Certificate and other development opportunities.

Our Practice Development Facilitator for the home care service will support you through a comprehensive induction programme when you join us. Our dedicated office and on-call team are available at any time of the day if you ever need any advice or assistance.


Career Pathway

At Guild Care, we are passionate about career progression for all our employees, we have developed clear learning pathways for all our job roles at Guild Care. We take everyone’s career goals seriously, whether you want to be an amazing Care Assistant or our next Director of Care. We’re proud that the average length of service for our care home senior management team is 17 year- many of whom started as Care Assistants and followed our career pathways.

Our Amazing Benefits at Guild Care…..

• Working for a local charity that has supported the community since 1933
• Welcome to Guild Care bonus (for eligible roles)- Up to £1000 for Registered Nurses and up to £1000 for Care, Home Care and Day Services Support Staff
• Refer a friend scheme- you could earn £500 for recommending a friend to Guild Care
• Buddy Incentive- you could receive up to £125 to support our new recruits in role, promoting a supportive and friendly environment for our newcomers (Care Services only)
• Competitive salaries
• 20-25 days holiday
• Pension scheme
• Sick pay
• Flexible shift patterns
• Free DBS check
• Excellent learning and development opportunities and clear defined care career pathway
• Supportive colleagues
• Job satisfaction
• Local offers for Guild Care staff
• Being part of a values- led organisation


Job description

Essential

? The ability to communicate well in the English language
? The ability to read, write and carry out basic mathematical calculations
? Works well as part of a team
? The ability to travel between clients
? Satisfactory DBS Check

Desirable

? Experience of care work
? Experience of providing personal care
? Experience of working with older people
? Previous experience in Dementia Care/demonstrates awareness in Dementia
? Evidence of QCF (NVQ L2) in care

For further information please email recruitment@guildcare.org or call our Recruitment Team on 01903 863154.

T&Cs

Welcome Bonus

• F2F Training is complete
• Meds competency is signed off (specific to homecare)
• First payment (50%)- new starter has completed first 12 weeks with no performance concerns and training completed
• Second payment (50%)- new starter will receive second payment when probation has been signed off, which should be at 6 months however if probation is extended then payment will not be received until probation has finished