Female Live-In Support Worker

Homecaredirect; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home care provider seeks a dedicated Personal Care Assistant to support clients in their homes. This role involves live-in care every four weeks, focusing on personal care and companionship. Successful candidates will receive comprehensive paid training and enjoy competitive pay with various employee benefits.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Enhanced bank holiday pay

Paid training

Employee perks, including Blue Light discount card

Qualifications

• Experience in care is essential, with knowledge of spinal injury preferred.
• Ability to work in a smoking environment and comfortable with dogs is required.
• A commitment to compassionate, person-centered care is essential.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care and support for the client at home.
• Administering medications and assisting with daily living tasks.
• Ensuring a safe environment and maintaining a good rapport with the client.

Skills

Care experience

Communication skills

Compassionate

Reliable

Job description

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Location: Hollingdean, Brighton, South East

Hours: 1 week in 4, live in

Pay: £14.40 per hour (£12.21 sleep-in hours)

About HomeCareDirect

HomeCareDirect is a leading national provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to delivering safe, compassionate, and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receive high-quality training, supervision, and career development opportunities.

Why Join Us?

As a valued member of our team, you’ll enjoy:

Competitive Pay & Benefits

• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced bank holiday pay
• Paid training
  
  

Ongoing Support & Recognition

• Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nurse support
• 24/7 on-call assistance
• Employee perks, including:
• Blue Light discount card
• Long Service Awards
• PA of the Quarter Awards
• 24/7 confidential wellbeing support via Spectrum Life
  
  

The Role

As a Personal Care Assistant, you’ll be part of our client’s dedicated support team, providing essential care in their home. You’ll be employed by HomeCareDirect but will focus solely on supporting this client.

This role requires you to live-in at our clients home from Monday to Monday, every 4 weeks. Day hours are 8am to 11pm and are paid at £14.40 per hour. Night hours are paid at £12.21 per hour.

About The Client & Your Responsibilities

Our client is a friendly, easy-going and open-minded person. She has various interests such as psychology/history/true crime/alternative news. Having ADHD, she really enjoy learning new things and spending time watching films, series and documentaries.

To live independently on a daily basis, our client would need support with personal care such as bowel care, washing and dressing, moving and handling, medication administering, light housework, cooking and feeding. She also has a dog who will need a short walk a couple of times a day.

You must be comfortable with dogs and working in a smoking environment (this will be risk assessed and discussed at interviews). You must be able to work 1 week in 4 on a rolling rota.

Requirements

Training & Support

We provide comprehensive, paid training (to CQC standards) before your start date, covering:

Full induction

Safeguarding Adults

First Aid / Food Hygiene / Health & Safety

Personal Care / Catheter Care / Suppositories / Bowel Care

Administration of Medication / Moving & Handling with Hoist

Autonomic Dysreflexia / Spinal Injury / Mental Health / ADHD

All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at normal pay rate.

Who We’re Looking For

ü This position is female-only, in accordance with The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1

ü Care experience is essential with a good knowledge of spinal injury

ü You must be happy to work in a smoking environment

ü You must be comfortable working with dogs

ü You must have excellent communication skills

ü A compassionate, reliable, and committed individual

ü Commitment to long-term, person-centred care

Benefits

Join a Team That Cares

At HomeCareDirect, we are committed to safe, fair recruitment and ensuring all staff are vetted, trained, and supervised to the highest standards.

If you're dedicated to making a meaningful difference, apply today!

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