Hourly rate: £12.00

Domiciliary Care Worker

Covering the Lawrence Weston and Shirehampton area!

A UK Driving License or equivalent and access to a car is essential for this role!

Hourly rate of £12.00 an hour, plus 35p a mile care mileage and great company benefits.

Due to an increase in hours required, we are looking for a Care Workers to join our team!

This is a great opportunity to join our friendly and highly professional team, we respect hard work and dedication towards the local community in Bristol.

We are one of the UK’s leading housing and care providers offering solutions to both the private and public sectors with over 5,500 employees.

Mears Group’s vision is to make a positive difference to the people we serve by improving homes, improving communities, and improving lives.

About the Role:

Care Workers really make a difference to the lives or our service users, offering a highly personal service you will be helping to enable people to live as independently as possible, by providing the best standards of care and support.  

• Assisting with all elements of personal care, to ensure service users are supported in being as independent as possible in preparation for their day ahead 
• Assisting service users with getting washed and dressed, preparing meals
• Prompting and assistance with taking medication 
• Light household tasks 
• Light Cleaning
• Gardening if required and able to
• Budgeting for finance
• Taking then shopping
• Day trips to the beach
• Offering companionship and helping build service users confidence and independence 

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears- does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Mears Benefits

• DBS check
• Refer a friend scheme (entitlement up to £1000) 
• Incentive payments made, once training and probationary periods have been completed 
• Pension scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Share saver scheme 
• Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service) 
• Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors) 
• Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Alton Towers, Drayton Manor where your entrance and lunch will be paid for. 
• Care Worker of the Month Award 
• Mears Connect Discounts – include discounts and money back on high street shops, holidays, groceries, and lots more 
• Paid volunteering leave
• Offering a range of shifts to balance home and work life. 

We are Mears - Proud to be voted a one of the Top 25 Best Big Companies to work for in the Sunday Times. 

Role Criteria:

• Successful candidates must be willing to work alternate weekends
• No previous experience is required, full training will be provided. 
• Practical subject such as cooking and household responsibilities 
• Personal care 
• Medication Administration
• Day trips
• A Driving License

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

Vickie Rudge (Vickie.Rudge@mearsgroup.co.uk)

Mears Group is a disability confident employer and recognise our people as our greatest asset, we Hire Individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.  

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your license over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.