Home Care Assistant – Chorley – Daytime - Drivers Only

Red Rose Care; Chorley; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid travel time

45p per mile

Guaranteed hours

Fully funded qualifications in care

Annual leave

Refer a friend £350

DBS paid

Employee assistance programme

Career progression

Job summary

Red Rose Care is seeking a Home Care Assistant for Chorley daytime shifts. You will drive between visits, provide personal care, meals, and companionship in clients’ own homes, and be supported by training and shadowing to build confidence.

The role includes paid travel time, 45p per mile, and guaranteed/optional hours with progression opportunities in a supportive community setting.

Qualifications

• Full induction and training will be provided.
• Experience not required; training and shadowing available.

Responsibilities

• Visit several homes across Chorley and drive between visits.
• Assist with personal care, meals, and medication as needed.
• Support independence and dignity in the care recipient’s routine.

Skills

Full driving licence (UK)

Own car

Ability to drive between visits

Job description

Home Care Assistant – Chorley – Daytime - Drivers Only

Your new workplace

Paid travel time, plus 45p a mile. You'll spend a good part of each shift driving between visits, and we pay you for that time as well as the time you're with people. If you've worked in domiciliary care before, you'll know what that's worth.

We're Red Rose Care, a CQC-rated Good home care provider, supporting people across Preston, Chorley and South Ribble in their own homes. Joining us means bringing comfort, dignity and independence to people in your own community, and being properly paid and supported for it.

Daytime hours, with room to fit around your week

Calls on this round run anywhere between 7am and around 10:30pm — mornings, lunchtimes, afternoons or evenings, not all in one shift. Because it spans the whole day, there's usually a pattern that fits around what else you've got on.

What you'd be doing

Visiting several people's homes across Chorley, driving between them rather than working on one site. Helping them wash and dress, supporting them with toileting and continence care, preparing meals and drinks, giving medication, and lending a hand around the house. Much of it is the relationship: being a familiar face who knows how someone likes things done.

Personal care is a real part of nearly every visit. Plenty of people find that daunting before they've done it, most of our team did, and you'll have training and shadowing until you're confident.

What you'd earn

• £12.80 to £13.16 an hour, depending on the time of day you're working
• Paid travel time between every visit
• 45p per mile

The rest of it

• Guaranteed hours contracts from 10 to 20 hours a week, or zero hours if you'd rather stay flexible
• Alternate weekends – both days every other week, or every Saturday, or every Sunday, whichever suits you best
• Fully funded qualifications in care
• Additional annual leave for length of service
• £350 when you refer a friend who joins us
• We pay for your Enhanced DBS check (T&Cs apply)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Career progression into senior carer and supervisory roles

No experience? Genuinely not a problem

Most of our team came into care from something else entirely: retail, hospitality, warehouse work, raising a family. You'll get a full induction, you'll shadow experienced carers until you feel ready, and the training carries on after that. What we can't teach is turning up when you said you would, and treating someone's mum the way you'd want someone to treat yours.

Some testimonials from our team

'I have worked for numerous care companies over the years and I can say this company is the best company I have worked for.' – Mark

'I love being a carer at Red Rose Care, I feel like I make a huge difference to the lives of the clients I support.' – Stacy

What you need

A full driving licence valid in the UK and a car you can use. You'll be driving between visits all shift, so it's the one thing we can't work around. You'd add business use to your insurance before you start, which is usually a small addition to a policy.

You'll need to be 18 or over for this role.

Red Rose Care is an Equal Opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of every background.