Care Assistant - Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny

Care Assistants needed in Johnstown

Join Ireland’s leading care team. We are Ireland’s only nationwide and exclusively family-run care provider. We pride ourselves on providing our care assistants with award-winning healthcare training and real career progression opportunities. 

We believe only through an investment in our care assistants can our clients receive the best care possible.  As a nationwide care provider we offer our care assistants the potential to progress within multiple regional management roles for a rewarding career in care. Our award-winning City & Guilds healthcare training program allows you to begin your career as a care assistant and progress over time into a leadership role.

We support our new care assistants with initial onboarding, a fully comprehensive induction training program, a dedicated team leader, and ongoing call support. We are seeking kind, dedicated and natural caregivers who genuinely want to pursue a meaningful career in care. If you have previous care experience or have looked after a loved one in the past, then we want to hear from you. 

What Irish HomeCare will offer you

• Flexible hours: We will design a work rota that meets your needs and availability
• Internationally recognised City & Guilds Certification (Equivalent of QQI Level 5)
• 33% Discount on Award-winning Healthcare Training
• Real career paths. We offer a leadership program with further training opportunities post-qualification with potential to progress within multiple regional management roles.
• Support and mentoring from your dedicated field team leaders
• Earn as you learn scheme (See below for more information)
• Paid shadow shifts available (Paid introductory shadowing)
• Separate field training
• Increased pay after one year of service
• Access to on-call support
• Manual handling training provided to all staff before commencing employment

Earn as you learn Scheme

• Train for the City & Guilds Diploma in Health & Social Care with just three classroom days, then complete the rest of the course online.
• Pass the mandatory units in the classroom and you are legally entitled to work as a paid care assistant.
• You must complete the remaining units within one year. This can be done through the Irish HomeCare online portal with your assessor helping you each step of the way.
• When you graduate with your full diploma, it will be recognised as comparable to the QQI Level 5 Major Award in Healthcare Support which is accepted in all settings throughout Ireland and Internationally.

 All of our candidates must have

• A full clean driving licence
• Access to your own car
• Fluent English
• A desire to care for vulnerable adults and the elderly in the community to maintain independence in their own home

Take the first step towards a rewarding career in care. Join Irish HomeCare’s award-winning care team today. Call our resourcing team now on 0818 776 361 or email your CV to jobs@irishhomecare.ie

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