Home Care Assistant

Purely Care; Caistor; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local care agency is seeking a weekend Home Care Assistant in Norwich to provide exceptional care and support to elderly and disabled individuals in their homes. No prior experience is necessary, as full training will be provided. Key responsibilities include personal care assistance, administer medication, and companionship. Candidates must reside in Norwich and have their own transport. Competitive salary offered along with paid mileage and travel time.

Benefits

Full training and uniform

Paid mileage and travel time

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Live in Norwich.
• Access to your own transport.
• Valid UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with personal care tasks such as washing and dressing.
• Assisting with toileting.
• Administering medication.
• Food preparation and feeding if needed.
• Light housework and laundry.

Job description

Overview

Purely Care is looking for a weekend Home Care Assistant who can provide exceptional care and support to elderly and disabled people in their own homes. The role is based in Norwich. No formal experience is required because full training will be provided. This vacancy is to provide support at weekends. Your own shifts would be Saturdays and/or Sundays with mornings starting at 7am and evenings from either 4pm or 6pm running through to 10.30pm.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with personal care tasks such as washing and dressing
• Assisting with toileting
• Administering medication
• Food preparation and feeding if needed
• Light housework and laundry

Our customers also value companionship. Getting to know people and chatting about their day really does make a difference.

Requirements

• Live in Norwich
• Access to your own transport
• Valid UK driving license

We provide a short visit in one house then move to another client, so transport is essential.

What we offer

• Full training and uniform
• Paid mileage and travel time in-between clients
• Competitive salary

About Purely Care

Our mission at Purely Care is to deliver the highest possible standards of care to our customers. We help elderly and disabled people with wide-ranging and individual needs to live more rewarding and independent lives in their own homes. We are passionate about helping people to retain full independence whilst they remaining safely and securely in the comfort of their own homes. We offer both private care services and home helps within Norwich and the surrounding areas. We also accept local authority funded clients. As a family run domiciliary care agency, our customers benefit from the experienced, high quality personal attention of our senior team; Elaine Grace and Raffy Hardy-Pearce.

Recruitment process

We are committed to ensuring the highest levels of service to our customers, so employing the right people is critically important to us. We are regulated and inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to ensure that we manage our operation and recruiting effectively and safely. Safeguarding is a cornerstone commitment and adopting safer recruitment guidelines requires us to fully review all applicants in a detailed manner. All applicants will be required to consent to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check in addition to references and other checks on right to work, proof of address etc. We believe that delivering the highest level of care starts with ensuring the integrity, safety and capability of our own team. We thank you in advance for your patience when we conduct our checks.