Care Assistant

Role:
Care Assistant

Salary: £15-£16 p/h

Location:

BH15, Poole

Shifts on offer:
Days or Nights (9.00AM to 21.00PM OR 21.00 to 9.00AM)

Sugarman Health and Wellbeing is a nationwide care provider dedicated to delivering high-quality, person-centred care. We are proud to support children and young people with complex needs in educational settings, helping them to live fulfilling lives and achieve their educational goals.

Joining Sugarman Health and Wellbeing means becoming part of a supportive and purpose-driven team that truly values the impact of quality care. With a strong reputation for delivering personalised healthcare services across the UK, Sugarman offers not just a job, but a rewarding career where you can make a real difference in people's lives. Whether you're an experienced healthcare professional or just starting out, you'll benefit from comprehensive training, flexible working patterns, and genuine growth opportunities.

• Theoretical and Practical training is provided to ensure you have the correct skills and give yourself the opportunity to upskill yourself in the sector.
• Career development opportunities.
• Ongoing support from our Office Team, Registered Managers and Clinical Nurses.
• Weekly Pay via PAYE or Umbrella Schemes
• Bank Holiday paid at time and a half
• Holiday Pay

We are looking for a compassionate Care Assistant to support our Service User who sustained a C5 spinal cord injury following a surfing accident while on holiday. As a result, our client lives with spastic quadriplegia and neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction. Before their accident, our service user led a very active life - and that hasn't changed. They remain motivated, sociable, and determined to live life as fully as possible.

Our client wishes to live independently with 24-hour care support in place. They are a dedicated volunteer with the RNLI, supporting two teams and actively contributing to the RNLI Disabled Network. Helping others through this work is incredibly important to them and gives their life real purpose. This package will give the right carer the opportunity to support someone who is passionate about helping others, staying active in the community, and living life on their own terms.

In return, our service user offers a welcoming, respectful working environment and the chance to be part of a consistent, supportive team where your role genuinely makes a difference.

• A minimum of 6 months of professional UK Care experience
• Must hold Full UK driving licence
• Excellent communication skills and the patience to build a strong, understanding relationship with an individual who has full mental capacity can make his own choices
• The ability to follow detailed care plans and protocols meticulously.
• A proactive and observant nature, able to spot subtle changes in an individual's condition.
• To provide the correct compliance documents, including an updated Right to Work and a valid DBS certificate (we can assist with a new application).

Sugarman Health and Wellbeing is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability