Live In Carer

Home Instead Senior Care; Tendring; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable home care organization in Tendring is seeking a compassionate Live-In Carer. Responsibilities include providing personal care, companionship, and cooking nutritious meals for elderly clients. Applicants must be kind, reliable, and a driver with their own vehicle. The role offers a rewarding experience with competitive pay and opportunities for building long-term relationships with clients.

Benefits

£140 per day

£50 weekly food allowance

Paid travel expenses

Employee Assistance Programme

Full training and support

Qualifications

• Experience in elderly care is required.
• The candidate must be a car driver with their own vehicle.
• This position is restricted to female applicants.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care with dignity and respect.
• Offer warm companionship and meaningful conversation.
• Prepare nutritious meals and perform light housework.
• Accompany the client on outings and run errands.

Skills

Kindness

Reliability

Compassionate care

Proactivity

Job description

Live-In Carer Needed – Truly Rewarding Role Supporting our Client in the Tendring Area of Essex

Do you have a kind heart and a passion for making each day brighter for those you support?

Would you like a role where your warmth, kindness, and professional care can transform someone’s daily life?

As a home care company that is rated ‘Excellent’ by CQC, we are seeking a dedicated, understanding, and relationship-focused live-in carer to deliver first class care. We need an individual who can drive and has a car to support our client to stay living well at home. This is more than a job, it's an opportunity to build a meaningful bond, bring comfort and joy to someone’s days, and become a trusted companion.

What We Offer Our Live-In Carers:

• £140 per day | £980 per week
• £50 weekly food allowance
• Paid travel expenses to and from the placement
• Employee Assistance Programme including 24/7 professional support and discounts
• A placement with the chance to form a genuine connection
• Full training and a supportive environment where your skills, empathy, and dedication are truly valued

Why We Need Drivers

This role requires supporting a client who wants to maintain her connections with the community, this is incredibly important to her, this is why we need a carer who can drive to take her to visit her, to appointments, outings, and keeping our client’s social world alive and meaningful.

The Role - Your support will help our client to continue living safely and happily at home. Duties include:

• Personal care delivered with dignity and respect
• Warm companionship and meaningful conversation
• Preparing tasty, nutritious meals
• Light housework to keep the home spic, span and comfortable
• Shopping, running errands and accompanying on trips out.

Who We Are Looking For Someone who is:

• Kind, reliable, and genuinely caring
• Committed to building a trusting, long-lasting relationship
• Confident, proactive, and able to work independentlyExperienced in elderly care
• A car driver with a car and a positive, supportive approach
• This post is restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1

If you’re a high-quality Live-In Carer who takes pride in giving exceptional support and you want a role that’s both financially rewarding and deeply fulfilling we would love to hear from you.

Make a real difference - restoring treasured independence, whilst offering comfort and companionship to help enrich the life of our client.

Additional Information

Please note that we are unable to offer this roleto those who are not already authorised to work in the UK.

Home Insteadare committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply.