Care Assistant Evenings and Weekends

Home Instead; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 17,908 - 19,286; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry-leading training

Competitive pay rates

Mileage allowance

Job summary

A leading elder care service provider in Burton upon Trent is seeking compassionate individuals to join as Care Professionals. This role involves providing non-medical services to help clients maintain independence in their own homes. Flexibility in availability, particularly evenings and weekends, is essential. No specific qualifications are needed, but a caring attitude and willingness to support others are key. Competitive pay rates are offered for weekday and weekend services, alongside industry-leading training and support.

Qualifications

• Passion for supporting others and delivering outstanding service.
• Availability mainly during evenings and weekends.
• Full driving license and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Provide various non-medical services to help clients stay independent.
• Build professional friendships with clients.
• Accompany clients on appointments or outings.

Skills

Caring and compassionate personality

Excellent communication skills

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Respectfulness

Job description

Home Insteadis the world’s leading provider of non‑medical care and companionship services for older 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 Professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support.

Job Description

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 in Burton-on-Trent as a Care Professional. As a Care Professional, you will provide a variety of non‑medical services to help them keep independent in their own home.

We can offer you between 10‑20 hours mainly across the evenings and weekend. You will need to offer availability between 4pm and 9.45pm and extra hours are also available during weekdays. We offer £13.00/hr weekdays, £14.00/hr evenings after 6pm & weekends. Mileage allowance.

You do not need any experience or particular qualifications to become a Care Professional. However, it would be useful to have some experience of working in a care setting 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.

Qualifications

• Caring and compassionate personality
• English proficiency and excellent communication skills
• Two professional references and two personal references required
• Evening and Weekend availability
• Subject to criminal record checks and satisfactory references.
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle as clients are predominantly cared for in their own homes or would like you to accompany them on appointments or outings.

Additional Information

As a Care Professional, 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, we would love to hear from you. Please click on 'I'm Interested' or alternatively, contact us on 01283 539917.

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.

This role is UK based and the right to work in the UK will need to be established as part of the recruitment process