Care Assistant - Sleeping Nights

Home Instead; Burnley; On-site; GBP 12,398,000 - 17,909,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No uniform

Career progression opportunities

Bespoke, paid training programmes

Regular meet ups

Employee social events

Supportive work environment

Wellness programme

Exclusive discounts

Job summary

Home Instead provides high quality care to private clients and proudly treats colleagues like family. We are seeking kind-hearted individuals to provide night-time care, with full training and regular support visits from a care manager.

The role requires a valid UK driver’s licence and access to a vehicle for visiting clients. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and offer industry-leading training to help you make a meaningful difference in people’s lives across the UK.

Qualifications

• Reliable, honest, & trustworthy.
• Some experience of working in a care environment would be helpful, and this may be previous experience supporting a family member.
• Friendly, approachable, and caring with a desire to help others.
• Own reliable car transport.
• A valid UK driver’s licence and access to a vehicle is necessary due to the location in which some of our clients live.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to our client at intervals during the night.
• We will provide training so you can deliver the highest standard of care and you will have regular support visits from our care manager.

Skills

Reliable

Honest

Trustworthy

Friendly

Approachable

Driver's license

Car transport

Own reliable car

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 professionalsto our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support.

Are you a good conversationalist with a great sense of humour? Are you compassionate and enjoy helping others? Do you have a desire to give back to your community? If you can answer yes then we would like to hear from you!

We embrace Care Professionals from all walks of life, whether just starting out a career or searching for a way to use life skills in a new and meaningful way.

A valid UK driver’s licence and access to avehicle isnecessary due to the location in which some of our clients live.

Job Description

Home Instead provides high quality care to the private client market. We care for our colleagues as much as we care for our clients, we treat them like family.

We are looking for kind-hearted individuals who can provide care to our client at intervals during the night. We will provide you with all the necessary training so you can be confident in providing the highest standard of care. You will have regular support visits from our care manager.

Qualifications

Reliable, honest, & trustworthy

Some experience of working in a care environment would be helpful, and this may be previous experience supporting a family member

Friendly, approachable, and caring with a desire to help others

Own reliable car transport

Additional Information

We are looking for kind and compassionate people like you to join our Home Instead community. Whether you have direct experience in care, personally or professionally, or are just starting out – we offer industry leading training to all our carers to help you help others.

We can offer you:

• No uniformwe feel this is important,so you look and feel more like a friend or part of the family.
• Career progression opportunities
• Bespoke, paid training programmesincluding City and Guilds certificated training in Alzheimer’s and Dementia care and Parkinsons training
• Regular meet upsand events including coffee mornings and quarterly staff meetings
• Employee social events
• Supportive work environmentthat centres on your wellbeing
• Wellness program, including free counselling and legal advice and discounted health and dental cash plans for yourself and your family.
• Exclusive discountsat high street stores, supermarkets, utility providers and much more

Part of the Home Instead familyincluding 230 franchise offices in the U.K and over 1000 worldwide

THIS ROLE REQUIRES THAT THE APPLICANT RESIDES IN THE UK AND HAS THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK