Care Assistant

Routes Healthcare (North) Limited; Lancashire; Remote; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing training and progression

Fully funded DBS

Staff referral scheme (£250)

Job summary

Routes Healthcare (North) Limited is seeking a Care Assistant to visit clients in their homes across Blackpool and surrounding areas. You will provide person-centered care, assist with daily activities, and travel between client visits throughout your shift.

The role offers full-time and part-time hours with shift patterns across weekdays and weekends, plus a dedicated on-call support team and ongoing training. DBS is fully funded.

Qualifications

• Right to work in the UK without needing employer sponsorship.
• At least 6 months paid care experience in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Visiting clients in their homes during scheduled hours (7am–1pm or 4pm–10pm).
• Provide personal care with dignity and respect.
• Assist with medication management as needed.
• Support with meals and nutrition.
• Travel between client visits during a shift.

Skills

Care experience UK

Compassionate

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

This is a homecare position - you'll be travelling to clients' homes throughout the day to provide person-centered care and support.

What You'll Be Doing:

• 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

What We Offer

• 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)

What You Need

• The right to work in the UK without needing employer support
• Reliable, compassionate, and committed to delivering excellent care
• At least 6 months paid care experience in the UK

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.