Home Care Assistant

Home Instead; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local care provider is seeking a dedicated Care Assistant in Hemel Hempstead to support clients with personal care, companionship, and daily activities. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK and access to their own vehicle. This role offers flexible shifts, making it suitable for various lifestyles, including mornings, evenings, and weekends.

Qualifications

• Full right to work in the UK is essential.
• Access to your own vehicle is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care tasks.
• Provide companionship and emotional support.
• Help with daily activities and errands.
• Perform light housekeeping tasks.

Skills

Emotional support

Personal care

Mobility support

Meal preparation

Light housekeeping

Job description

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Your responsibilities as a Care Assistant include but are not restricted to:

• Stimulate and encourage through a variety of activities (for example clothing selection, hobbies and crafts.)
• Providing emotional support and companionship
• Assisting clients with personal care tasks such as grooming, dressing, and bathing
• Supporting clients with mobility
• Helping with daily activities such as meal preparation and medication reminders
• Running errands such as food shopping and collecting prescriptions
• Performing light house keeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms/kitchens, washing and ironing taking out rubbish, caring for house plants etc.)
• Each client visit will last no less than 1 hour.

If you are passionate aboutproviding high-quality careand making a difference to people’s lives, we can’t wait to hear from you.

Job Description

Your responsibilities as a Care Assistant include but are not restricted to:

• Stimulate and encourage through a variety of activities (for example clothing selection, hobbies and crafts.)
• Providing emotional support and companionship
• Assisting clients with personal care tasks such as grooming, dressing, and bathing
• Supporting clients with mobility
• Helping with daily activities such as meal preparation and medication reminders
• Running errands such as food shopping and collecting prescriptions
• Performing light house keeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms/kitchens, washing and ironing taking out rubbish, caring for house plants etc.)
• Each client visit will last no less than 1 hour.

If you are passionate aboutproviding high-quality careand making a difference to people’s lives, we can’t wait to hear from you.

Qualifications

Previous social care isn't vitalbutfull right to work in the UKandaccess to your own vehicle is essential.We understand a work life balance is key to a great working environment, so we offer a range of shifts timings throughoutmornings, evenings and weekends suitable to for all lifestyles.Night shifts and Live In Carer opportunities also available.

Additional Information

Subject to compliance checks (including criminal record and any unspent convictions) and reference checks to be carried out.

Apply now to our ever-expanding team! We are ready to help you with your carer journey!

Next steps:

Keep an eye out on your emails – we (usually) respond within 48 hours of application! If you are accepted one of our dedicated recruitment team will give you a call.

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