Care Assistant

Home Instead; Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Home Instead is looking for compassionate Care Assistants to join our team in the Kingston and Wimbledon area. You will provide a variety of non-medical services to help clients stay independent in their own homes, with minimum one-hour visits and excellent support.

No experience is required, but care or Elderly support experience is a plus. You will be reliable, trustworthy and respectful, enjoying building professional friendships while spending time with clients.

Qualifications

• No prior experience or qualifications required to become a Care Assistant.
• Useful to have experience in care or interacting with older people.
• You will be reliable, trustworthy and respectful.
• You will enjoy building professional friendships and spending time in the company of others.

Responsibilities

• Provide non-medical services to help clients stay independent at home.
• Support clients during visits in the Kingston and Wimbledon area.
• Build bonds of trust with clients and personalise support based on common interests.
• Participate in industry-leading training and provide a high standard of care.

Job description

Home Insteadis the world’s leading provider of non-medical care and companionship services for people. With minimum visits of one hour, award winning training and an excellent reputation we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide. We match our Care Assistant to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support.

We are looking for people with kind, compassionate hearts who want to make a true difference to the quality of life for our clients to join our team inKingston and Wimbledon areaas a Care Assistant. As a Care Assistant you willprovide a variety of non-medical services to help them keep independent in their own home.

You do not need any experience or particular qualifications to become a Care Assistant. However, it would be useful to have some experience in complexe care or interacting with older people. This could be personal experience of caring for a family member or voluntary experience. You will have a passion for supporting others and pride yourself on delivering an outstanding service. You will be reliable, trustworthy and respectful. You will enjoy building professional friendships and comfortable in spending time in the company of others.

As a Care Assistant you will receive industry leading training, great rates of pay and excellent support.

If you're looking for work which is extremely rewarding and satisfactory and have a high-degree of flexibility to meet our clients' needs, we would love to hear from you.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure.