Live in Care Assistant

Home Instead; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 22,527 - 25,184; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay rates of £122.10- £136.50 per day

Paid travel up to £50 per rotation

Mileage paid at 45p per mile

Paid meals

Access to Wi-Fi and TV

Paid holiday and training

Job summary

A leading provider of non-medical care is seeking dedicated Live-in Care Professionals in Ipswich. In this role, you will support clients to live independently in their homes, assisting with daily activities, medication, and companionship. We value kindness and a compassionate attitude, offering flexible schedules with 4 days on and 4 days off. Comprehensive training will be provided, along with competitive pay rates and various benefits, including paid travel and meals.

Qualifications

• Experience in care is beneficial but not mandatory.
• Ability to work flexible hours and adapt to clients' needs.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build meaningful client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with daily living activities and medication.
• Prepare meals and offer companionship.
• Maintain a safe and comfortable environment for clients.

Skills

Kindness

Compassion

Observant

Intuitive

Job description

Would you like to work for the world’s leading provider of non-medical care, companionship, home help and personal care services for older people?

Would you like to be part of our ‘Outstanding’ and award winning ‘Team of the Year’?

At Home Instead Ipswich, Felixstowe and Woodbridge, we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide for our clients. You will also receive our award-winning training. We match our Live-in Care Professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enable us to provide personalised support.

Job Description

We are looking for our next Live-in Care Professionals, who will support our clients to live independently in the local community, remaining in their own homes. Our Live-in Care Professionals work 4 days on and 4 days off. Live-in Care Professionals have a regular client who requires support with their day to day living. This includes supporting client to get up and ready for the day, medication support, meal preparations, companionship and home help. We are looking for people that are kind, compassionate, naturally caring, observant and intuitive who want to make a difference. So if you are looking for a career change, you work in social care already or you are a work returner we offer full training and support.

These are some of our many Care Professional benefits:

• Pay rates of £122.10- £136.50 per day
• Paid travel up to £50 per rotation
• Mileage paid at45p per mile
• Paid Meals
• Own Room, access to Wi‑Fi and TV
• Initial shadow and introduction visits
• Daily contact and weekly visits from office support team
• Paid holiday and training
• Paid DBS after qualifying period
• PPE free of charge and delivered
• Rated ‘Outstanding’ with CQC
• Employee Assistant Programme

Additional Information

As a Live-in Care Professional, you will be provided with 3 meals a day or an allowance from the client, a separate room to stay and access to a TV and Wi‑Fi. In addition, we offer comprehensive training and support.

If you’re looking for work which is extremely rewarding and satisfactory and have a high degree of flexibility to meet our clients’ needs, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us on 01473 272301 or 01394 617558.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure.