Senior Community Health Care Team

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Are you passionate about care? Do you love the variety of working out in the Community?

Are you an experienced Specialist Care Practitioner looking for a new challenge? This could be perfect for you!

Somerset Care are looking for a full time Specialist Care Practitioner to join the My Willows team, our unique Home Care service completely tailored to suit the lifestyle of our customers. Unlike other services, our local and dedicated My Willows Home Care team visit customers at a time that works for them, offering a bespoke care service that works for the customer and puts their needs first.

You’ll be supported by a Locality Manager who will give you all the help and guidance you need and you’ll work collaborativeky alongside our amazing team of care professionals across the area. In fact, you’ll be joining our award winning My Willows team, recently announced as one of the Top 20 Home Care Providers by www.homecare.co.uk, something we are incredibly proud of!

This is a full time position, where you will need to be available to work between 7am - 10pm, including alternate weekends, in order to support our customers in the best way we can. You’ll need your own car and full UK license and will work across the Taunton area each day.

In this role you will ensure the highest standards of care are always delivered. Your responsibilities will include; supervising home care colleagues, carrying out direct care and medication observations, meeting new customers and producing their care and support plans, conducting risk assessments and of course doing what you do best....delivering exceptional direct care yourself.

About you

Being a Carer isn’t a job, it’s naturally who you are. Your instinct to care, offer compassion and show kindness is inherent within you. You will love caring for vulnerable people, enjoy the variety of working across the community and appreciate the priceless impact your assistance has on those you help. You will be a natural role model, inspiring those around you through your experience and embracing the values and behaviours of Somerset Care.

You’ll need to be NVQ level 2/3 qualified, or be ready to work towards level 3, have experience in a supervisory role and be confident to step up in the absence of the Locality Manager. This is really interesting and rewarding role where you get to undertake the care duties that you love and progress your career in a more senior role.

Guaranteed contracted hours 39hrs per week
Paid Mileage
Enhanced pay for Bank Holidays
Free DBS check and Company Pension
Annual Holiday which increases with length of service
Full company induction, ongoing training and support thereafter to gain qualifications and opportunities for career progression
Discounts of up to 20% across hundreds of retailers and online via MyCaringRewards
Access to your earning’s before payday via Wagestream

Apply

If you are ready to start making a real difference to people living independently in their own homes, we would love to receive your application. Or to find out more please get in touch by contacting Mandy Thatcher on 01823 448321 or email your Cv to

At Somerset Care, our values and culture is what makes us different. It is the culmination of all the things we do and the way we do them that makes us a very special company to work for. Somerset Care, so much more rewarding. Do more than a job, change a life………