Primacy Care are looking for trustworthy, enthusiastic and compassionate Care Assistants, to provide home care in Cardiff that enables service users to live as independently as possible in their own home.

As a Care Assistant, duties will vary depending on each client’s individual care plan. These may include the following:

• Personal Care - personal care involves all aspects of daily living which can include support with oral care, bathing/showering or bed baths, and toileting
• Domestic Duties - domestic tasks such as food preparation and cooking, light household tasks such as changing beds, laundry/ironing, changing and taking out the bins, dusting, vacuuming and washing up
• Social Duties - such as shopping or running errands, escorting to appointments, and encouraging interaction both in and out of the house
• Night Sitting - providing care services throughout the night
• Medication administration
• Respite care

Availability to work some early mornings, evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays are required on a rota system. However, flexible working patterns are available.

Experience is always desirable but not essential as full in-house training is provided, where you'll learn about manual handling, medication administration, health and safety.

• £9 to £15 per hour, dependent on experience (including time and a half on bank holidays and double time on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day)
• Paid mileage allowance
• Paid induction training
• Free uniform
• Free hot drinks, soft drinks, fruit and snacks that you can help yourself to any time from our main office when you’re on shift
• Free Domino’s pizzas, Donuts and Cakes, Subway, Greggs etc. for all staff to enjoy in monthly team meetings
• Help with DBS and registration fee
• Generous holiday entitlement (28 days for full-time employees)
• A diverse and flexible working environment
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Shopping discounts
• Continuous learning and development
• Career progression right through to managerial positions
• Pension scheme
• All new employees also get to experience hands on shadowing calls
• Regular supervision meetings and annual appraisals

• UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle (essential as you will be driving from home to home)
• Excellent communication skills
• A caring and compassionate attitude
• The ability to commit to regular, flexible hours
• QCF in Health and Social Care (Preferred)