Care Assistant Evenings

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Market Harborough; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

Flexible hours

Free Enhanced DBS

Supportive team

Employee discounts

Job summary

Home Instead Market Harborough is seeking caring and reliable Care Professionals to help clients stay safe and comfortable at home with kind, respectful support. You’ll provide personal care, companionship, and practical help while building meaningful connections with clients and their families.

We offer full training, ongoing support, and flexible hours to fit around other commitments. DBS checks, training opportunities, and local travel to clients are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Full, paid training for all Care Professionals.
• Access to reliable transportation is essential.
• DBS enhanced disclosure and references checks are required.

Responsibilities

• Personal Care – helping clients with daily activities.
• Companionship – provide conversation, company and social engagement.
• Activities – assist with outings, hobbies and social events.
• Plan, prepare and cook nutritious meals for clients.
• Light housekeeping to keep the home safe and tidy.

Skills

Compassionate

Reliable

Driving licence

Job description

At Home Instead Market Harborough, our Care Assistants are known as Care Professionals. We value our team, recognise their skills and dedication, and treat every member with the respect they deserve.

There’s nothing quite like seeing a client smile and hearing a genuine thank you. Working in care brings a real sense of purpose and job satisfaction, knowing that the support you provide can make a meaningful difference to someone’s day and quality of life.

As a Care Professional with Home Instead, you’ll receive full training, ongoing support and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications in care. Whether you’re looking for a few hours a week or several hours a day, our flexible roles can fit around other work, family life and your existing commitments.

Care is a career with a future. As our population continues to age, the need for compassionate, reliable and dedicated Care Professionals will continue to grow. The skills you develop in care are valuable, transferable and, most importantly, make a real difference to the lives of the people you support.

Job Description

Our personalised care services help our clients remain safe and comfortable within their own home.All our clients are wonderfully unique; it’s lovely to spend time listening to their stories and lives. As a carer your care visits may include:

• Personal Care– helping someone to get up in a morning, the usual things we all may need a little help with at some time in our lives, supporting with washing, grooming, continence careand getting dressed.
• Companionship – conversation and good company - assist with writing letters andenjoying a chat, shopping and much more
• Activities –accompanying tooutings and social events such as a local friendship lunch club and to encourage hobbies and pastimes
• Plan, prepare and cook nutritious food - rediscovering favourite family recipes
• Light housekeeping –ensuring their home is spotless, safe, tidy

Many of our clients live in rural and remote locations where public transport is limited or unavailable. As a result, the successful candidate will need to be able to travel reliably and independently to and from clients' homes, which may be in areas that are difficult to access by public transport. Travel may be required during early mornings, evenings and periods of reduced daylight.

Applicants should carefully consider whether they can meet the travel requirements of the role before applying.

Qualifications

At Home Instead we value a kind, compassionate heart above all else. We provide full, paid training for all our Care Professional’s as standard, although you may not have had formal care training any previous care or personal experiences are always very welcome.

As many of our clients are based inrural locations, access to reliable transportation is essential.

Additional Information

What we offer:

• We believe in person-centredcare for our clients, which means all our visits are a minimum of 1 hour, to give plenty of time to complete tasks and get to know your client.
• We love to match our care staff to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies and you will consistently see the same clients each time. Average hour contracts are available.
• Paid waiting time- If you have 60minutes or less between two clients we will pay you £12.75 to wait
• Elevated pay rate – Monday to Friday 5pm to 9am £14.00, Saturday and Sunday 5pm-9am £15.00
• Fully paid, comprehensive training with opportunities for additional courses and NVQs as you work
• Full on-the-job support from a dedicated and friendly care management team
• Free Full EnhancedDBS
• Employee referral scheme – up to £225 per referral.
• Care Professional Workshops where you can meet othercare professionalsput a face to the name that you will often see in your client’s notes
• Employee discounts program, including exclusive discounts at major high street stores
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme (for healthcare advice, counselling sessions and financial wellbeing resources)
• Our staff do not wear uniform all we ask is that you dress professionally
• Weekends are important so you have every other weekend free

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead are 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 and reference checks.

Applicants must be UK resident; we cannot offer sponsorship. You will need a driving licence and a car.

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!