Community Care Assistant - Chesterfield (bank)

Provide Community; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage 35p/mile

Flexible hours (sessional/bank)

Paid training

DBS checks and ongoing support

Job summary

Provide React Homecare Ltd, Chesterfield, is seeking Community Care Assistants on a flexible bank/sessional contract to support service users in their own homes in the Chesterfield area.

Successful applicants must have access to a car for travel and a background in domiciliary care; driving is essential. The role offers DBS checks, paid training and ongoing support for career progression within NHS-backed Provide group.

Qualifications

• Domiciliary care experience required.
• Must have access to a car for travel to service users.
• A caring nature and flexible, team-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and support to service users in their homes.
• Assist with meals, medication, and household tasks.
• Support independence and dignity for service users.

Skills

Domiciliary care experience

Car driver

Caring nature

Flexibility

Team player

Job description

Main area Bank Grade Local Grades Contract Bank Hours Flexible working - Sessional Worker Contract Job ref 828-Providebank363

Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Chesterfield Town Chesterfield Salary £13.02 per hour, plus enhancements for weekends. Salary period Hourly Closing 30/09/2026 23:59

Job Overview

We are looking for care assistants to join our team to work flexibly across our domiciliary care service, React Homecare Ltd, based in Chesterfield.

Successful candidates must be able to drive and must have access to a car for work.

Main duties of the job

Join Provide React Homecare and help people live life at home, the way they want, for longer. As a Community Care Assistant, you’ll provide vital support to our service users, ensuring they maintain independence and dignity in their own homes.

Working for our organisation

The Workforce Solutions leaflet is attached to this vacancy, this includes the benefits of a bank contract at Provide / React Homecare Ltd.

Why Choose Provide React Homecare?

• Rewarding Work: Make a real impact on people’s lives.
• Excellent Pay: Starting at £13.02 per hour, mileage at 35p/mile
• Flexible Hours: With a flexible sessional/bank contract, we are able to work around you and your availability for work.
• Career Growth: We invest in you with paid training, DBS checks, and ongoing support for your career progression.

Your Role

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide personal care and support to our service users.
• Assist with tasks such as meal preparation, medication, and household duties.
• Enjoy variety- no two days are the same.

What You Need

• Caring Nature: A passion for improving people’s lives.
• Flexibility: Adapt to the needs of our service users.
• Team Player: Work well with others in a supportive environment.

Person specification

Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Domiciliary care experience
• Car driver

Further Information

How will we contact you?

• All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
• As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
• If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via [e-mail]
• If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

Checking progress on your application?

To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.

Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or [e-mail].

Work Trials

Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.