Home Care Assistant (Domiciliary Care)

Kingsley Healthcare; Aylsham; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingsley Home Care, part of Kingsley Healthcare, is seeking caring individuals to visit clients in their own homes around Aylsham and nearby areas. You’ll support daily living activities, help with personal care and medication, and provide companionship.

Roles include full-time, part-time, or bank shifts with alternating weekends, and no prior experience is required as training is provided. You’ll need a full UK driving licence and access to your own car, and you must be legally eligible to work

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and own car are essential.
• Right to work in the UK; sponsorship cannot be offered.
• Patience, kindness and a calm head when things don’t go to plan.
• No prior care experience required; training provided and paid during induction.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care including washing, dressing, meals and medication support.
• Offer company and a friendly check on wellbeing for clients.
• Visiting regular clients on scheduled rounds planned by a local coordinator.
• Navigate a rota with on-call manager support when needed.

Skills

Driving licence

Own car

Patience and kindness

Job description

Full-time, part-time or bank, around Aylsham, Blickling, Cawston and Marsham, with alternate weekends. No experience needed!

You will be visiting older people in their own homes, helping them stay independent and live the way they choose - and as one of the first in, you’ll grow with the branch.

Pay and hours

• £14.50 per hour - guaranteed hours available
• £21.75 an hour on bank holidays and £29.00 an hour on Christmas Day
• 45p per mile on top of your hourly rate
• Guaranteed weekly hours contract if you want security, or bank hours if you’d rather pick your shifts
• Morning runs 6am - 2pm, evening runs 4pm - 10pm, or both
• Weekdays with alternate weekends - built around your availability

Reports to: Care Coordinator/ Home Care Manager

Key duties and responsibilities

• Personal care: washing, dressing, meals and medication
• Company, and a friendly check on how people are doing
• Regular clients and regular rounds, so you get to know the people you support
• A rota planned by your local coordinator, with a manager on call when you need one

Skills and attributes

• A full UK driving licence and your own car - our clients live across the area, so this one’s essential
• The right to work in the UK (we’re not able to offer sponsorship for this role)
• Patience, kindness and a calm head when things don’t go to plan
• No care experience needed - we train you, and pay you while we do

What will you gain?

You will have the satisfaction of working with and being supported by an enthusiastic and caring team that puts people at the heart of the business. We know the happiness of our staff improves the service we give our residents. You will have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop your skills, and we have the procedures and processes to help you at every step.

Supplementary information

Kingsley Home Care is part of Kingsley Healthcare, a family-run group that has been looking after people since 1999.