Care Assistant

Home Instead; Kingswinford; On-site; GBP 11,365 - 16,186; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Minimum £10.00 per hour

Full PPE Protection

Care Certification

Employee Benefit Scheme

Job summary

A local care provider in Kingswinford is seeking a Care Assistant to support vulnerable individuals in their homes. The role includes assisting with everyday tasks, medication prompting, and providing companionship. Ideal candidates are compassionate, dependable, and possess a valid UK driving license. This position offers flexible hours and aims to deliver high-quality care while treating clients with courtesy and respect. No prior experience is necessary, as training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Valid UK driving licence is required.
• Access to a vehicle for client visits.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Enhanced DBS check needed.

Responsibilities

• Help with everyday tasks and personal care.
• Assist with medication prompting.
• Support clients with hygiene and getting dressed.
• Provide companionship and social interactions.

Skills

Compassionate and caring

Excellent listener

Dependable and well-organized

Strong communication skills

Job description

Overview

Care Assistant - Home Instead Wolverhampton Wombourne and Kingswinford

As an alternative to residential care, Home Instead Wolverhampton Wombourne and Kingswinford are devoted to keeping vulnerable people in their own homes by providing quality care services. We assist with personal care, medicine administration, light domestic work, and other day-to-day tasks at our customers' homes.

If you're looking for a new job with flexible hours or want to change careers, or you just want to make a real difference to people in your community, being a home caregiver and companion might provide you with some interesting and fulfilling opportunities.

Care Assistant - Pay & Benefits

• Minimum £10.00 per hour
• Full PPE Protection
• Care Certification
• Employee Benefit Scheme

Care Assistant Job Description

This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to join our care team. We will carefully match you to your own small circle of Clients in the local community, and you will help them in living happy, independent lives by providing high-quality care.

• Help with everyday tasks
• Prompting & assistance with your client's medication
• Support getting in & out of the shower/bath & getting dressed
• Help to & from the loo
• Preparing simple meals and light household duties
• Companionship, a cup of tea & a natter
• Shopping tips, social Calls, appointments, clubs hobbies

We take pride in the outstanding standard of care we deliver to our clients.

Eligibility Requirements

• A valid UK driving licence is required.
• Access to a vehicle
• In the United Kingdom, you have the right to work.
• Enhanced DBS check
• Criminal records check
• We require that you have your own trustworthy transportation to visit our clients and that you be willing to travel within our local region.

We are looking for

• A great timekeeper who is well-organized and dependable.
• Individuals who are compassionate and caring.
• Clients who are always treated with courtesy and respect.
• An excellent listener who can speak properly and create courteous and warm connections with customers and their families.
• It isn't a question of prior experience. We aim to provide the greatest possible service to our customers, and in order to do so, we need employees who are naturally sensitive, kind, and patient. We want a staff that treats each of our clients as if they were members of their own family.