Home Care Assistant – Chorley – Mornings & Evenings - Drivers Only

Red Rose Care; Chorley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid travel time

Mileage allowance (45p/mile)

Guaranteed hours

Alternate weekends

Fully funded training

Annual leave increase

Refer a friend bonus

DBS check paid

Employee assistance

Job summary

Red Rose Care is seeking a Home Care Assistant for Chorley, covering mornings and evenings with drivers only. You will drive between clients, assisting with daily living activities and personal care within clients' homes.

Training, induction and support are provided as part of joining our Good-rated home care team in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble. Roles include guaranteed hours or zero hours options and alternate weekends; benefits include free DBS checks, annual leave for service length,

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is required.
• Willingness to drive between visits and work mornings/evenings.
• Age 18 or over.

Responsibilities

• Visit multiple homes in Chorley and drive between visits.
• Assist with washing, dressing, toileting and meal prep.
• Support with medication administration as needed and provide companionship.
• Respect client dignity and maintain a positive, helpful attitude.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Car available for work

Excellent time-keeping

Job description

Home Care Assistant – Chorley – Mornings & Evenings - 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.

Mornings and evenings. The middle of the day is yours.

This round runs mornings from 7am and evenings through to around 10:30pm, with the day in between free. If you've got a school run, a course, another job, or you simply don't want your whole day taken up, that pattern is the point of this role rather than a compromise.

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.