Caregiver Shrewsbury | Visiting Angels North Shropshire

Caregiver in Shrewsbury and surrounding areas

Caregiver rates per hour £12.75 weekdays and £13.25 weekends, paid travel time between clients + 30p Mileage + 28 days annual holiday 

Locations: Shrewsbury and surrounding areas

Join our VANS caregiver family

Visiting Angels have been providing care across the world for more than 25 years. We have a care-centric culture at Visiting Angels. Our business has been built on recruiting, quality training, and supporting the very best caregiver and enabling them to deliver the best quality care. We know that our caregivers are brilliant, loving, and professional people who make a real difference in people’s lives.

Since launching in Sheffield in 2018, Visiting Angels has opened over 60 offices across the UK. We’d love to have you join our North Shropshire team. As a growing business, we are offering a career development plan and supporting our carers and senior carers to make career progression – The sky’s the limit with our Angel team!

People entrusted with looking after someone’s family deserve better than minimum wage. That’s why we pay a competitive wage to reflect the outstanding job they do to support our client’s needs.

What the caregivers say about us

“I am a caregiver working for Visiting Angels. It has been and continues to be a joy working for Visiting Angels. From day one I have felt valued and supported. The recruitment process was very smooth and professional, the training was extremely thorough and enjoyable, and the shadowing into my role was incredibly helpful. Knowing there is always a member of the team available to advise or support when needed is so reassuring, which in turn enables me to give the best and appropriate care to all my clients. I love my job!”

About the role

A caregiver at Visiting Angels North Shropshire requires to be a compassionate and friendly person who has very strong communication skills. The successful candidate’s duties will include:

Personal care, helping them to get up in the morning or prepare for bed in the evening, including a shower or bath.

Assist them with dressing/undressing.

Assisting with incontinent tasks.

Preparing fresh meals and snacks.

Helping with laundry or light housework.

Supporting our clients to access the community for appointments, community groups and outings.

Prompting & administering medication.

Companionship and socialising.

Pet care if needed.

To be an outstanding team player.

About You

A fantastic opportunity has risen to work for leading home care providing company in the UK. People genuinely interested in providing care for vulnerable people within the community are invited to join our Angels Team.

Are you a motivated person looking to make a difference in someone’s life? Experience or no experience, we will support you all the way. We need people like you to join our Angels team. We’re looking for Angels who are committed to providing the best care possible for our clients. We think of our caregiver as Angels going out into the world to bring peace of mind to our clients.

What we offer for our Angels

Competitive wage

Paid Mileage + paid travel time between clients

Fully paid training (medication administration, Manual Handling, Basic life support and others)

Fully flexible working hours – work around your schedule

Career Development- we pay for you to attain qualifications

24/7 Support from line manager

Reward Schemes + yearly pay rise

Referral scheme

Team events and fun days

A friendly team more like a family!

Essential criteria

DBS CHECK

References

Eligibility to work in the UK

You can only apply for this vacancy if you are over 18

Desirable Criteria

Warm and approachable character

Willingness to adapt to the changing demands of your clients

Must be compassionate

We’d love to talk to you if you’ve never worked in care, but your skills are transferrable. We also know that if you’ve got care experience, you’ll appreciate the difference it makes to put you at the centre of what we do.

Why work with us

At Visiting Angels, we have a care-centric culture, and we would like to redefine the role of carers in society. We make sure our carers and senior carers receive the best quality training.

A well-trained employee will develop a positive attitude toward their work; their success leads them to develop a stronger work ethic. In turn, they will also build team spirit and leadership skills that transform the workplace. If you love to work with people and have a genuinely caring personality, you can become an Angel caregiver too.

Apply now!