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Care UK is a health and care provider. They offer services for the elderly, people with learning difficulties and mental health problems.

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Care UK job reviews

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  • Worst thing

    Staff getting away with shouting

    1.5

    Care UK Care assistant, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Caring for the residents.

    Worst thing

    Staff

    7.6

    Care UK Care assistant, March 2024

  • Best thing

    working with young people

    Worst thing

    seeing the young people in crisis

    6.8

    Care UK Senior carer, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Break time and home time

    Worst thing

    Feeling tired and emotionally drained

    1.5

    Care UK Housekeeper, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Easy to learn

    Worst thing

    No teamwork

    4.1

    Care UK Employee, February 2024

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  • Best thing

    The working hours and fair pay

    Worst thing

    The workload

    4.1

    Care UK Head chef, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Looking after old people

    Worst thing

    Management not well lead

    3.7

    Care UK Care assistant, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Home time

    Worst thing

    Some of the staff

    1.5

    Care UK Housekeeper, December 2023

  • Best thing

    -team works well
    -residents & family members

    Worst thing

    You can only voice your opinion if it's the right kind of voice anything negative gets shut down

    7.1

    Care UK Senior carer, October 2023

  • Best thing

    The residents
    The care staff
    The environment

    Worst thing

    Activities coordinators do nothing
    Mangerment say nothing to them

    3.0

    Care UK Care assistant, September 2023

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  • Best thing

    The residents

    Worst thing

    Poor Management, lack of communication, lack of training, lack of team work

    4.1

    Care UK Care assistant, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Care for the older people

    Worst thing

    The people who work on the team

    7.6

    Care UK Care assistant, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Meeting some lovely Residents.

    Worst thing

    Long hours, poor pay, feeling under staffed and over whelmed with jobs to do and not enough help or support to do your Job properly. Too many Work Collegues not speaking English adequately.

    1.9

    Care UK Care assistant, May 2023

  • Worst thing

    Staff shortage
    Not enough pay
    Day staff batching about night staff

    2.4

    Care UK Team leader, March 2023

  • Best thing

    The people I take care of
    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    It can be stressful and the pay is not great

    6.0

    Care UK Care assistant, March 2023

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  • Best thing

    Making a difference in people’s lives.

    Worst thing

    The stress.

    1.5

    Care UK Team leader, February 2023

  • Best thing

    I love giving client centered care and getting time to do it well

    Worst thing

    No sick pay, unpaid breaks, if leave 5 mins early money gets deducted yet starting early or staying over doesnt

    8.2

    Care UK Carer, February 2023

  • Best thing

    Caring for people who are vulnerable and can’t do it for themselves

    Make good friends (only some)

    Worst thing

    Management, communication between management and other staff, communication between all staff. Stock issues, unfair treatment for no obvious reasons, ie apply for a promotion, have more experience, more qualifications and have worked there longer but yet the position is given to someone who doesn’t have even the minimum qualifications for the role or the experience necessary.

    2.6

    Care UK Care assistant, January 2023

  • Best thing

    My job is highly appreciated by my customers

    Worst thing

    Dealing with pharmacy and prescription offers

    4.9

    Care UK Team leader, December 2022

  • Best thing

    Working with the residents

    Worst thing

    Underpaid, understaffed,under resourced. Poor working conditions unpaid working time unpaid breaks

    3.2

    Care UK Healthcare assistant, December 2022

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  • Best thing

    I like the staff the pay everything

    Worst thing

    That HR doesn't understand how hard working we all work

    9.4

    Care UK Employee, November 2022

  • Best thing

    The residents and getting to know their individual personalities.

    Worst thing

    Witnessing poor training and extremely poor care. If I were to complain, most staff would need to be sacked. Then I would be hated and have to leave.

    5.0

    Care UK Team leader, October 2022

  • Best thing

    The team and our service users

    Worst thing

    Induction

    6.7

    Care UK Carer, September 2022

  • Worst thing

    Put into difficult situations, toxic work environment, over worked, underpaid, management wouldn’t care enough

    2.6

    Care UK Care assistant, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Made new friends

    Worst thing

    Long hours and under paid

    2.6

    Care UK Kitchen assistant, August 2022

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  • Best thing

    Very rewarding

    Worst thing

    No help
    Under staffed
    Under paid

    3.7

    Care UK Health care assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Helping people and being able to provide a service that matters

    Worst thing

    Short staffing, too much pressure and demand.

    4.2

    Care UK Healthcare assistant, July 2022

  • Best thing

    The pay aswell as the amount of hours and the people I work with

    Worst thing

    The constant battle to get days off throughout the week instead of all at once

    9.0

    Care UK Kitchen assistant, July 2022

  • Best thing

    Work friends

    Worst thing

    Underpaid, no breaks, short staffed

    1.5

    Care UK Care assistant, July 2022

  • Best thing

    Great on the floor staff , lovely residents

    Worst thing

    Pay, management all they way up, hours

    2.8

    Care UK Care assistant, July 2022

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  • Best thing

    That your listened to and its rewarding

    Worst thing

    Physically demanding

    7.0

    Care UK Care assistant, July 2022

  • Best thing

    Love residents and my staff. Good team work

    Worst thing

    Manic and staff off sick

    8.0

    Care UK Employee, July 2022

  • Best thing

    The job security

    Worst thing

    The stress
    Overworked
    Lack of incentives

    1.7

    Care UK Health care assistant, June 2022

  • Best thing

    Set rota

    Worst thing

    Supplier issues, understaffed

    7.3

    Care UK Employee, June 2022

  • Best thing

    The team I work with

    Worst thing

    Disorganised with rotas and not easy to get anyone to answer emails or phone calls regarding it

    3.2

    Care UK Care assistant, June 2022

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  • Best thing

    I like caring for the elderly

    Worst thing

    Understaffed

    1.8

    Care UK Care assistant, April 2022

  • Best thing

    Friendly place to work.

    Worst thing

    Domestic/kitchen staff taken for granted. No thank you or perks.

    7.3

    Care UK Domestic, March 2022

  • Best thing

    Looking after my residents.

    Worst thing

    To many people at the top doing nothing.

    1.2

    Care UK Care assistant, March 2022

  • Best thing

    The staff and residents

    Worst thing

    Residents families

    2.8

    Care UK Care assistant, March 2022

  • Best thing

    Satisfaction and rewarding job

    Worst thing

    Low pay

    4.9

    Care UK Senior carer, March 2022

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  • Best thing

    People I help look after and my work cooleagues

    Worst thing

    Too much to do not paid enogh

    3.0

    Care UK Care assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    People I work with, residents understand how hard your job is and thank you for what you do.

    Worst thing

    Expected to do other peoples job, expected to be in 4 places at once and so multiple things in a short amount of time

    9.4

    Care UK Care assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    My work colleges

    Worst thing

    More work constantly put on me

    2.4

    Care UK Domestic, January 2022

  • Best thing

    The people I work with and the residents

    8.2

    Care UK Housekeeper, November 2021

  • Best thing

    The residents I care for ..

    Worst thing

    Under staffed, residents not getting the care they pay for .

    5.5

    Care UK Employee, October 2021

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  • Best thing

    Best thinks: I'm not working in rain or cold, I received an uniform, I have my meals assured.

    Worst thing

    Wors things: NOT properly paid, very low ( the lowest) paid, very hard physically job for such low paid, very long shifts- 12 hours/ day

    2.0

    Care UK Catering assistant, October 2021

  • Best thing

    The people I help to care for

    Worst thing

    No a enough time with the people

    1.5

    Care UK Care assistant, July 2021

  • Best thing

    Clean and tidy environment, well trained and led coo-workers and lovely people to care for

    Worst thing

    Comparison of work load plus ‘extra mile runs’ and pay to other job providers

    5.0

    Care UK Housekeeper, July 2021

  • Best thing

    Having praise for a job well done

    Worst thing

    Being told that the units don't need extra staff, it's all about how we as individuals manage our time.

    8.8

    Care UK Care assistant, July 2021

  • Best thing

    It is convenient to get to as it is just round the corner from where I live

    Worst thing

    Always work with minimum staff

    3.9

    Care UK Care assistant, July 2021