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Community Care Assistant - Verity Healthcare Ltd - London

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Company: Verity Healthcare Limited
Location: Nationwide Branches - We will signpost you to your nearest branch
Job type: Full-time and part-time positions available
Salary: From £13.50 per hour, with enhanced weekend rates
Start date: Immediate start, subject to satisfactory recruitment checks
Sponsorship: Sponsorship is not available for this position

About the role

Verity Healthcare Limited is recruiting compassionate, reliable and motivated Community Care Workers to support people within their own homes.
The role involves delivering safe, person-centred care that promotes independence, dignity, choice and wellbeing. You will travel between service users’ homes and provide support in accordance with individual care plans, risk assessments and agreed outcomes.

Main duties and responsibilities

  • Support service users with personal care, including washing, bathing, dressing, oral care and continence needs.
  • Administer or support with medication in accordance with care plans, MAR records, policies and competency requirements.
  • Assist with meal preparation, nutrition and hydration.
  • Support safe mobility, transfers and the use of prescribed equipment.
  • Encourage independence and enable people to complete tasks for themselves wherever possible.
  • Support service users with shopping, appointments and community activities where required.
  • Observe and report changes in a person’s physical health, emotional wellbeing, behaviour or circumstances.
  • Maintain accurate, respectful and contemporaneous electronic care records.
  • Report safeguarding concerns, incidents, medication errors, missed visits and other risks immediately.
  • Follow infection prevention and control procedures, including appropriate PPE and hand hygiene.
  • Maintain people’s privacy, dignity, confidentiality and human rights.
  • Work collaboratively with families, representatives, healthcare professionals and colleagues.
  • Attend training, supervision, team meetings, spot checks and competency assessments.
  • Follow lone-working, health and safety, emergency and on-call procedures.
  • Complete all scheduled visits punctually and remain for the commissioned duration.
  • Notify the office immediately of delays, absences or any risk of a visit being missed.

Essential requirements

Applicants must:

  • Have at least six months’ previous care experience.
  • Be compassionate, patient, reliable and respectful.
  • Communicate effectively in spoken and written English.
  • Be able to produce clear and accurate care records.
  • Be willing to work alternate weekends.
  • Be able to work independently and as part of a wider care team.
  • Understand professional boundaries and confidentiality.
  • Be willing to complete mandatory training and competency assessments.
  • Be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
  • Complete an enhanced DBS and appropriate safer-recruitment checks.
  • Be a driver with access to a reliable vehicle where travel between service users is required.
  • Hold valid business-use motor insurance before undertaking work-related journeys.

Desirable requirements

  • Level 2 or Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care.
  • Previous domiciliary or community-care experience.
  • Experience supporting people living with dementia, learning disabilities, physical disabilities or long-term health conditions.
  • Medication-administration experience.
  • Knowledge of safeguarding, the Mental Capacity Act and person-centred care.

Working hours

The role may include:

  • Morning, lunchtime, evening and bedtime visits.
  • Weekday and weekend work.
  • Alternate weekends.
  • Bank holidays.
  • Additional hours depending on service requirements and availability.

Applicants must provide clear and accurate availability during recruitment.

Training and development

Verity Healthcare Limited provides:

  • Comprehensive induction and mandatory training.
  • Shadowing and supervised practice.
  • Medication and role-specific competency assessments.
  • Ongoing supervision, spot checks and professional development.
  • Funded Health and Social Care qualifications where available.
  • Opportunities for progression into senior, team leader and care coordination roles.

Pre-employment requirements

An immediate start can only take place once all role-applicable checks have been completed satisfactorily, including:

  • Proof of identity and address.
  • Right-to-work verification.
  • Full employment history and explanation of employment gaps.
  • Satisfactory references.
  • Enhanced DBS and barred-list checks where applicable.
  • Occupational-health declaration.
  • Driving licence and business-use motor insurance, where required.
  • Mandatory training and competency assessments.
  • Management authorisation to undertake independent work.
  • Experience
    Not required
  • Languages
    English – Advanced
  • Employment
    Full-time
  • Salary
    £13.15 – £17.1 hourly
  • Benefits
    Mileage Reimbursment
  • Starting time
    Immediate start!

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