Live-In Care Assistant

Carefound Home Care; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free food and accommodation while on a

Paid travel expenses

Weekly pay

Pension scheme

Funded DBS check

Induction training

Job summary

Carefound Home Care is recruiting Live-In Care Assistants to support clients in their own homes across Cheshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. You will live in the client’s home for a rota (2, 4 or 6 weeks) and provide companionship, personal care and help with mobility.

We want warm, patient and dependable people with at least 12 months’ professional care experience. A driving licence is helpful but not required; you’ll receive weekly pay, travel and food allowance, and funded induction.

Qualifications

• At least 12 months’ professional care experience in live-in carer, domiciliary carer, care assistant, support worker or similar.
• Smartphone to use the app is required.

Responsibilities

• Providing companionship
• Supporting with personal care
• Helping with mobility and staying active
• Assisting with medication or specialist needs
• Helping around the home with housekeeping and cooking
• Running errands such as shopping or picking up prescriptions

Skills

Care experience

Driving licence (helpful)

Job description

As a Live-In Care Assistant, you'll live in your client's home for the duration of your chosen rota pattern (e.g. 1 - 6 weeks) to support them to live with well-being. You'll need to be warm, patient and compassionate with a positive 'can do' attitude. Your role will include:

• Providing companionship
• Supporting with personal care
• Helping with mobility and staying active
• Assisting with medication or specialist needs
• Helping around the home with housekeeping and cooking
• Running errands such as shopping or picking up prescriptions

You'll need a smartphone to use our app

We require you to have at least 12 months' professional care experience as a live in carer, domiciliary carer, care assistant, support worker, personal healthcare assistant or similar. A driving licence and your own car is helpful but not a requirement.

Pay: £789 to £1,021 per week and double time on bank holidays

Expenses: Paid travel expenses and food allowance

Hours: Full-time (with choice of work patterns)

At Carefound Home Care, we're rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we offer the best career in social care. We're looking for kind-hearted, experienced people to join us as a Live-In Care Assistant to work in our local areas which are Cheshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. You might already be working as a live-in carer, or you may have professional experience as a care assistant or support worker in a domiciliary care or residential setting, or you might be a HCA working with the NHS. If you share our passion for quality care, we'd love to hear from you. If you're looking for a career that fits around your life with secure local work, then look no further. You'll get the best employment package, career progression and support. Please note: We do NOT offer sponsorship.

• A choice of work patterns such as 2, 4 or 6 weeks to suit your lifestyle
• High pay rate of £789 to £1,021 per week
• Double time on bank holidays and additional enhancements over Christmas
• All travel expenses paid to and from your placement
• Our clients live locally in Cheshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire
• Free food and accommodation whilst on placement
• Pay enhancements to recognise qualifications and long-term commitment
• Instant access to your pay instead of waiting for payday
• Shopping discounts and free Blue Light Card
• Earn up to £500 for referring a friend
• You're employed by us giving you paid holidays and our pension scheme
• Full in-house induction training with over £360 pay on completion
• Support to complete further training including diploma qualifications
• Career progression along our career path
• 24/7 local support from a care manager and wider team
• Weekly support visits from your local care management team
• Funded DBS check