Care Assistant

Home Instead; Oadby and Wigston; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday pay and double pay

Paid mileage

12% holiday pay

Paid training time

Career progression opportunities

Blue Light discount

Job summary

Home Instead in the United Kingdom is seeking kind, friendly carers to join our domiciliary team. You will support clients in their own homes to maintain independence, dignity and quality of life with person-centred care.

You’ll get to know your clients, their sense of humour and interests, while delivering high-quality care and building trusting relationships with families and clients alike.

Qualifications

• Compassionate, patient, and committed to high-quality care.
• Good communication skills and ability to build trust with clients and families.
• Reliable, punctual, and able to work independently.
• Willingness to travel between clients’ homes - driving licence with access to your own car needed for home visits, grocery shopping and taking clients out to appointments and fun outings.
• Happy to follow instructions, care plans, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Help clients to start their day, or settle for the evening, assisting with personal care routines and any medication prompts.
• Contribute to a homely environment by helping with light household chores and breakfast or supper preparation.
• Maintain transparent communication with clients and families and enjoy providing first-class care and comfort.

Skills

Compassionate

Patient

Good communication

Reliable

Driving licence

Job description

Kind? Friendly? Compassionate? At Home Instead we make sure that our caring staff get thetime to build fabulous relationships with our clients. As the leading local care provider ofrelationship led care, (rated Outstanding in all five areas by CQC) we take care to match care professionals to clientsto help our clientscontinue to live safe, well, and independently at home.Withtime to chat too!

Job Description

Weneedkind, friendly,compassionateand reliable people to join our domiciliary care team.You’llbe supportingour clients in their own homes tomaintainindependence, dignity, and quality of life.It’sanidealrolefor someone who is caring, patient, andwill enjoydelivering high-quality person-centred care.

You'llgettoknow yourclients,their sense ofhumour,alongwith what interests them. Other duties include:

• Help clients to start their day, or settle for the evening,assistingwith personal care routines and any medication prompts.
• Contribute to a homely environment by helping with light household chores and breakfast or supper preparation.
• Maintain transparent communication with clients andfamilies andenjoy providing first-class care and comfort.

Why not choose Home Instead?

There are so many benefits of being acare professionalwith Home Instead including:

• Peak times£14-£15per hour plus holiday pay and double pay£28-£30on bank holidaysplusmileage.
• Double payon public holidays
• Paid mileage/travel timeon topof your visit times
• 12% holiday payon topof your regular earnings
• Paidtraining time- comprehensive induction and ongoing award-winning training
• Opportunities for career progression and qualifications
• Friendly supportive management andgreat teamculture
• Employee benefits –- care professional workshops, Blue Light discount card savings
• Enhanced DBS paid for by us
• We offer a range of contracts from zero hours tofull-timedepending on your needs and availability

Qualifications

Skills andqualitiesrequired

Compassionate, patient, and committed to high-quality care

Good communicationskills and ability to build trust with clients and families

Reliable, punctual, and able to work independently

Willingness to travel between clients’ homes - driving licence with access to your own car needed for home visits, groceryshoppingand taking clients out to appointments and fun outings

Happy to follow instructions, care plans, and procedures

Additional Information

Applicants must be UK resident; we cannot offer sponsorship. You will need a driving licence and a car. This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure and reference checks.

A job with us is extremely rewarding! Join a team that values connection, purpose, andgenuine appreciation for theimpact you make every single day. So, if you enjoyspending time with other people, have a smileypersonality andwant to know more about a role with us, we would love to hear from you!