Community Health Care Assistant

As a Community Care Assistant, you'll be delivering personal care and support with warmth, respect, and kindness. You'll:

• Support with Daily Living: Help clients with personal care, hygiene routines, dressing, and meals.
• Be a Friendly Face: Offer companionship and conversation, promoting wellbeing and social connection.
• Keep Things Clean & Safe: Support with light domestic duties and ensure care items are clean and hygienic.
• Help in the Community: Assist with local errands like shopping or pension collections.
• Stay Connected: Report changes in client wellbeing to the care team and complete care records accurately., Personal Care Support: Assist clients with personal care, ensuring hygiene and comfort. Maintain cleanliness of personal care items and hygiene areas.
Practical Assistance: Support clients with meal preparation and food-related tasks. Provide domestic help as needed, including shopping, medication administering, ordering and collecting. Promote Well-being: Encourage mental and physical activity for clients to enhance their quality of life. Administrative Duties: Accurately record time sheets and care plans. Make verbal or written reports to the Homecare Office as required. Training and Development: Attend training sessions, team meetings, and supervision sessions. Work towards a QCF (NVQ Level 2) in care and the Care Certificate for CQC registration. Compliance and Safety: Follow Guild Care's policies and procedures, including Health and Safety regulations. Wear the provided uniform and ID badge during work. Professional Conduct: Act as a role model in providing good care practice and effective communication with clients and colleagues. Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested to meet organizational needs.


• Ability to communicate effectively in English.
• Ability to read, write, and perform basic mathematical calculations.
• Ability to work well as part of a team.
• Ability to travel between clients.
• A satisfactory DBS check.
Desirable Candidate Criteria:
• Experience in care work, particularly personal care.
• Experience working with older people or in dementia care.
• Evidence of QCF (NVQ Level 2) in care, or a willingness to work towards it.
As a Community Care Assistant, you will provide vital support to individuals in their homes, ensuring they receive the care they need to live independently and with dignity. You'll play a key role in maintaining their physical and emotional well-being, offering practical assistance, and fostering a positive environment.,
• A caring and compassionate approach
• The ability to communicate clearly in English
• Basic literacy and numeracy
• A commitment to confidentiality and professionalism
• A satisfactory DBS check
• Ability to travel independently between clients
• Driving Licence
Desired criteria
• Experience in care, personal support, or dementia care
• A QCF (NVQ Level 2) in Health and Social Care
  
  Join Guild Care as a Community Care Assistant and provide essential care and support to older people in their own homes across Worthing and the surrounding areas.
This is more than just a job-it's a chance to build meaningful relationships and help people maintain independence and dignity in their own homes. Why Join Guild Care? At Guild Care, we believe in putting people first-our clients and our team. We offer a warm, inclusive, and supportive working environment, where staff are encouraged to grow, develop, and thrive.

We offer competitive salary and benefits including,
• Up to £500 paid after 3 months and successful completion of all training
• Up to £500 paid after successfully completing your probationary period(Equivalent to £36 per week / pro rata)
• 55p per mile
• Annual Wellbeing Day off
• Employee Assistance Programme (free confidential advice on wellbeing, family, debt, and more)
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free Specsavers eye care vouchers
• Option to buy and sell annual leave
• Health cash plan (silver and gold)
Location: Worthing and surrounding areas Pay: £13.66 - £16.56ph (Block Pay = full shift payment which includes all your travel time) Hours: Multiple contracts and hours available