Care Assistant

Care By Us Ltd; Watford; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Care By Us Ltd is recruiting care professionals to provide in-home support across East Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. You’ll follow personalised plans to deliver dignified, respectful care and help with daily activities.

Experience isn’t essential; we offer full training. Shifts cover 7 days with mileage paid, and you’ll join a team dedicated to compassionate, high-quality care in clients’ homes.

Qualifications

• Experience isn’t essential; full training provided.
• What matters is compassion, resilience, and eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential care in clients' homes following personalised care plans.
• Assist with personal care tasks and daily living activities.
• Assist with medication preparation and administration as directed.
• Support mobility and use of aids safely.
• Prepare meals and offer mealtime support.
• Carry out light housekeeping and laundry.
• Provide companionship and build relationships.
• Document observations and report changes to the care team.
• Collaborate with colleagues, professionals, and families.

Skills

Compassion

Communication

Problem-solving

Job description

care industry by working smarter, using innovative technology, and driving positive change. With our size and success, we can offer you a world of career opportunity, choice, and security.

What Youll Be Doing As a Care Professional

youll provide essential care and support in the homes of our clients, following personalised care plans that put dignity and respect at the heart of everything you do.

Youll help with:

• Supporting with personal care bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming
• Assisting with medication preparation and administration
• Helping with mobility and using aids/equipment safely
• Preparing meals/snacks and offering mealtime support
• Carrying out light domestic duties laundry, making beds, light cleaning
• Offering companionship and building meaningful relationships

Job Description

What Else Youll Help With

• Companionship conversations, activities, outings
• Medication Management collecting prescriptions, reminders, safe administration
• Nutrition & Mealtimes cooking nutritious meals, considering dietary needs
• Housekeeping light cleaning, laundry, tidying
• Mobility Assistance transfers, walking support, use of aids
• Health Monitoring observing and reporting changes in condition
• Social Inclusion helping maintain community and family connections
• Emotional Support empathy, reassurance, and a listening ear
• Documentation accurate record keeping
• Safety & Emergency Response creating safe environments, acting quickly when needed
• Collaboration working closely with colleagues, professionals, and families

Qualifications

What Youll Need (Besides a Cape & Superpowers!)

Experience isnt essential well provide full training. What matters is your compassion, resilience, and eagerness to learn.

• Compassion and respect for others
• Strong communication skills
• Problem-solving abilities

The, right to work in the UK (sorry, time travellers from the)

Company Description

Brighter Days. Fresh Challenges. Real Impact.

Where Youll Be Supporting Care Assistant Opportunities

We are recruiting across East Hertfordshire, including (but not limited to): Bishops Stortford (Havers, Birchanger, Hockerill, Thorley) Sawbridgeworth Hertford Ware Stanstead Abbotts Surrounding villages

Pay: £14.60 £16.00 per hour + 30p mileage

Shifts: 7 days a week Day: 06:00/07:00 14:00 Evening: 14:00 22:00/23:00

Guaranteed Hours available for the right candidates giving you the security of regular work.

Why Join Care By Us?

At Care By Us, every day is different. Each shift brings new challenges, rewarding moments, and the chance to make a real difference in someones life. Whether youre helping someone start their day with dignity or providing comfort in the evening, your care truly matters. We see extraordinary achievements happen every day thanks to the talent and commitment of our people. As the largest care company in the UK, were transforming the