Full time/Part-Time CARE Assistant

Home Instead Senior Care; Higham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading home care provider in Higham is seeking a Care Professional to help clients maintain independence at home. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, meal preparation, and providing companionship. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills and a reliable vehicle. Training provided, with competitive pay of £13.25 per hour on weekdays and £13.75 on weekends, plus additional benefits.

Benefits

Award-winning training

Competitive pay

Paid mileage

Referral bonus

Discount schemes

Pension scheme

Paid holiday

Fully funded NVQs

Qualifications

• Full driving licence with access to a vehicle essential.
• Availability to work alternate weekends.
• Experience interacting with older people is useful.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care, helping clients wash and dress.
• Prepare meals and light housework.
• Accompany clients to appointments.
• Provide companionship.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to assist with personal care

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Job description

Overview

Due to ongoing demand and growth, 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 Gravesend 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 match our Care Professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enable personalised support. 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. 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 be comfortable in spending time in the company of others.

Role and responsibilities

Day to day care professional responsibilities can include:

• Assisting with personal care, helping your client wash and dress.
• Meal preparation and light house work
• Accompanying your client to appointments
• Companionship

What you will need

• Full driving licence with access to a vehicle essential in order to support our clients to the fullest
• Availability to work alternate weekends
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

What we offer

• Award-winning, industry-leading training and competitive rates of pay
• Excellent wages of £13.25 per hour on weekdays and £13.75 per hour on weekends, with double pay for bank holidays
• Paid mileage/40p per mile
• Paid holiday
• Part-time hours or guaranteed hours contracts (from 10, 16+ hours part time to 36 hours guaranteed)
• Refer a friend bonus – earn when you refer a friend
• 100’s of online & in-store discounts
• Paid face to face training + online learning and development
• Paid meet & greet and shadow calls (prior to providing care)
• No uniforms
• DBS fully refunded
• 20 days holiday a year plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata)
• Matching you to clients based on similar interests and hobbies
• Minimum visits of one hour
• A variety of shifts available
• Blue Light discount card and Exclusive discount scheme
• Pension scheme
• 24/7 Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Fully funded NVQ 2,3,4 & 5

Qualifications

Full training provided.

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 and have a high-degree of flexibility to meet our clients\' needs, we would love to hear from you. Please click on I\'m Interested or alternatively contact us on 01634557070.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community. 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.