Care Assistant

Home Instead Senior Care; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to providing compassionate care to older individuals in their own homes. As a CAREGiver, you will play a vital role in enhancing the quality of life for clients by offering personal care, companionship, and assistance with daily activities. With a strong emphasis on training and development, this role requires a kind heart and a passion for supporting others. You'll receive industry-leading training and opportunities for progression, making this a rewarding and fulfilling career choice. If you're looking to make a genuine difference in people's lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Industry-leading training

Great rates of pay

Holiday pay

Mileage compensation

Refer-a-friend bonus

Opportunities for progression

NVQ qualifications in Health & Social Care

Qualifications

• No experience required, but caring for others is desirable.
• Must be reliable, trustworthy, and enjoy building friendships.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, companionship, and homecare services.
• Assist clients with daily activities and support their independence.

Skills

Compassionate Care

Personal Care

Meal Preparation

Medication Administration

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Respectfulness

Social Interaction

Education

No formal education required

Job description

Company Description

Are you able to travel to visit clients in their own homes to carry out a variety of duties including personal care, administering medication, and companionship?

Are you a superhero ready for a career that is both rewarding, varied, and challenging with excellent training and development?

Home Instead Senior Care is 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 CareGivers to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enable us to provide personalized 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 at the Edgbaston Office as a CAREGiver. As a CAREGiver, you will provide a variety of non-medical services to help them keep independent in their own home.

The requirements of the role vary from client to client, but you may be required to help with aspects of personal care (i.e., toileting, assisting with personal hygiene), meal preparation, medication prompts, homecare (i.e., washing, laundry, general cleaning duties), as well as companionship (accompanying the client to shops, pharmacies, and attending social groups and activities). We also specialize in Alzheimer's and dementia care, but full training is provided. No experience is required as full training is provided.

Our clients usually have breakfast, lunch, tea, bed, and overnight calls depending on the level of care that they require.

Qualifications

You will not need any experience of working in the care setting or interacting with older people, but it would be desirable if you do. This could be personal experience of caring for a family member or voluntary experience. You will need to have a passion for supporting others and pride yourself on delivering an outstanding service. You will need to be reliable, trustworthy, and respectful. You will need to enjoy building professional friendships and be comfortable spending time in the company of others.

Additional Information

As a CAREGiver, you will receive industry-leading training, great rates of pay, excellent support, holiday pay, mileage, a refer-a-friend bonus, opportunities for progression, and extra qualifications as we offer NVQ Level 1, 2, and 3 in Health & Social Care.