Care Assistant

Location: Wigan 

Pay Rate: £13.00 to £21.75 per hour 

Shifts: Various days and night shifts available

Bring your caring and compassionate attitude to our fantastic team.

 City & County Healthcare Group - one of the UK’s leading health and social care providers - is on the lookout for Complex Care Assistants to support children/clients with complex healthcare needs in the Wigan area. But we're not just filling a role. We’re creating something bigger - and we want the right people to be part of it from the very start. At Advantage, we're changing the traditional hiring process: instead of winning work and then recruiting, we’re building our team first. This way, we can work together on the right things from day one.

Benefits for our Complex Care Assistants

As a care professional, you'll get:

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Pension scheme
• Benefits and Well-being Platform
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a Friend Scheme – earn £300 per referral!
• Blue Light Card eligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands for you
• Paid training 
• Self-development – progression opportunities
• Access to our in-house app
• Work for the largest care company in the UK!
• Book an interview at a time and date that suits you!

Complex Care Assistant: Role & Responsibilities

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your current skill base and join us as a Complex Care Assistant. You will have full training and clinical support to develop and improve skills in various complex areas such as tracheotomy, ventilation, seizure management, and stoma care plus so much more! We care for and support people of all ages, in the community, and their homes, with Spinal Cord injury, Muscular dystrophy, acquired brain injuries and many other complex needs. Every day will be different. And you’ll never know what challenges you’re about to face next. One thing you can be sure of though, is that you’ll be making your clients’ days brighter, whilst developing your skills and knowledge. 

Care Assistant Job: Skills & Requirement

Previous experience in a care assistant role is useful but otherwise, the care assistant skills and attributes needed are:

• Compassion
• Resilience
• A willingness to learn

Why choose us?

We see extraordinary achievements happen every day thanks to the talent and commitment of our people. We want to transform the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech, and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have the size and success to offer you a world of career opportunity, choice, and security. Join us on our journey and continue yours.                                                 

City and County Healthcare Group is an equal opportunities employer.