Care Assistant

Routes Healthcare (North) Limited; Fleetwood; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30p per mile

Free DBS

Routes Academy

Wellbeing support

Referral incentives

Job summary

Routes Healthcare (North) Limited is hiring a Care Assistant to visit clients in their homes across Blackpool North, Central and South Promenade areas, Cleveleys, Thornton, Bispham and Lytham St Annes.

You will provide person-centered care, support with daily living and medication, and travel between visits. Shifts include 7am–1pm or 4pm–10pm with pay £14.24 per hour (holiday pay included) plus 30p per mile. DBS funded and ongoing training provided.

Qualifications

• The right to work in the UK without employer sponsorship.
• Reliable, compassionate, and committed to delivering excellent care.

Responsibilities

• Travel to clients' homes to provide person-centered care and support.
• Visit vulnerable and palliative clients in their own homes.
• Assist with personal care with dignity and respect.
• Support with medication management.
• Assist with meal preparation and nutrition.
• Work solo or as part of a 2-person team as needed.
• Travel between client visits throughout your shift.

Skills

Right to work in UK

Compassionate care

Reliability

Job description

Routes are unable to offer a job to anyone who does not have the right to work in the UK or needs employer sponsorship.

Care Assistant

Location: Blackpool North, Central and South Promenade areas, Cleveleys, Thornton, Bispham and Lytham St Annes

Pay Rate

£14.24 per hour (including holiday pay) + 30p per mile

• you'll be travelling to clients' homes throughout the day to provide person-centered care and support.
• Visiting vulnerable and palliative clients in their own homes between 7am and 1pm or 4pm - 10pm
• Providing personal care with dignity and respect
• Supporting with medication management
• Assisting with meal preparation and nutrition
• Working solo or as part of a 2-person team depending on client needs
• Supporting clients with a variety of different care requirements
• Travelling between client visits throughout your shift

What Makes This Different

We support people who services for long-term health conditions, clinically-led enhanced homecare, and end-of-life care. All focused on supporting each individual's lifestyle and wellbeing. We are committed to making lives better 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - not only for the people we support but their loved ones and family members too.

Shift Patterns & Hours

Full-time and part-time hours available

Range of shifts available Monday to Sunday (weekend availability required)

Shifts allocated based on business needs and your availability

Once committed to a shift, we need you to complete the full shift reliably

Career Development

• Routes Academy programme helping you achieve your goals
• Ongoing training and progression opportunities
• Fully funded DBS

Support

• Dedicated on-call team available 24/7
• Wellbeing and mental health support
• We don't use agency staff - you'll work alongside employed Routes care workers only

Rewards

• £14.24 per hour
• (includes holiday pay)
• 30p per mile
• for travel between clients
• Staff referral scheme with generous incentives (up to £250 per referral)
• Free DBS

What You Need

Essential

• The right to work in the UK without needing employer support
• Reliable, compassionate, and committed to delivering excellent care

Desirable

• At least 6 months paid care experience in the UK
• (Don't have paid experience? Speak to the recruiters about becoming one of our care cadets)

About Us

Routes Healthcare is a leading homecare provider - we are a care company, not an agency. We're real people who put individual healthcare needs first. We support people in their own homes (not in care homes) and out in the community, taking the time to listen to our clients and making sure their needs are met with care and consideration.

Routes Healthcare is committed to making lives better through exceptional homecare services.