Senior Care Assistant

Bridgewater Home Care; Great Bowden; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable home care provider is seeking a Senior Care Assistant in the Harborough area to deliver compassionate care to clients in their homes. Responsibilities include providing personal hygiene care, companionship, and assisting clients with daily tasks. Ideal candidates are empathetic, professional, and team-oriented. This role offers a pay range of £13.50 to £14.50 an hour, along with paid mileage and flexible working hours.

Benefits

12 week buddy system

Continuous development opportunities

Company pension scheme

Paid mileage

Qualifications

• To maintain professionalism at all times.
• A desire to genuinely help other people and make a difference.
• Able to work alternative weekends.

Responsibilities

• Deliver award winning care to people within their own home.
• Provide emotional support as a caring friend.
• Ensure clients are safe and comfortable.

Skills

Excellent Communication Skills

Empathy

Professionalism

Team Player

Friendly Attitude

Job description

We have an excellent career opportunity for the role of Senior Care Assistant to join our amazing team here at Bridgwater Home Care in the Harborough and surrounding areas (Market Harborough, Lutterworth, Oadby, Wigston, Kibworth). Please note that we do not offer sponsorship. Are you a team player? Are you motivated by helping other people, driven to make other people happy? Hard working and determined to make a difference in people's lives everyday? Are you a kind and compassionate person looking for a new chapter in your career? Then we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Deliver award winning care to people within their own home.
• Companionship visits.
• Spending valuable time with a client.
• Meetings and catch ups at your Bridgewater office with the rest of your team.
• Supporting clients with household duties and light housekeeping.
• Chaperoning clients to appointments, to do their weekly shop or to get out in the local community.
• Providing personal hygiene care, where needed.
• Being there as a caring friend to provide emotional support.
• Ensuring clients are safe and comfortable, living well in the comfort of their home.
• Supporting clients with their nutrition, hydration and overall well‑being.

Qualifications

• Excellent Communication Skills.
• To be kind, caring and empathetic.
• To maintain professionalism at all times.
• A desire to genuinely help other people and make a difference.
• A professional manner at all times, positive person.
• Willing to be a team player.
• Friendly attitude towards all staff and clients.
• Your own car.
• We do not offer sponsorship.
• Able to work alternative weekends (this makes it fair for all staff).
• Please note – people do NOT need experience in care for this role. We are very much interested in your values as a person and we provide excellent training for all staff.

Benefits

• 12 week buddy system for new starters.
• Continuous development and learning opportunities.
• 24 hour on‑call support.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Client/carer matching.
• Time to care – we don't engage in 'call‑cramming', so you have quality time to spend with clients.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid travel time.
• Paid mileage.
• DBS reimbursement.
• Company pension scheme.
• Meetings and catch ups at your Bridgewater office with the rest of your team.
• Organised social events and team building days.
• Annual Carer Awards & Christmas party.
• A well‑established homecare provider who invests in their team.
• A growing company making a huge difference in people's lives everyday.
• Excellent management and supportive staff.
• Ongoing training and development.
• Career progression opportunities.
• We really care about our workforce.

Working times

• ADHOC shifts to cover holidays and absences.
• Morning 7am-11am (depending on location).
• Lunch 11am-3pm (depending on location).
• Tea 3pm-7pm (depending on location).
• Beds 7pm-11pm (depending on location).
• Alternative weekends.

Location: This particular role is based in the Harborough area supporting clients within and around Market Harborough, Oadby, Wigston, Lutterworth, Kibworth and more.

Pay: Between £13.50 an hour and £14.50 an hour depending on clients needs. We also pay mileage for your calls in between clients.

Who are we? The Bridgewater story began after personal experiences of care for our own family. It was through this difficult time that we experienced numerous challenges that we did not expect. Finding a high quality, trustworthy and credible home care provider for our loved one proved more difficult than it should be. Like you, we don't think that this process should have been difficult, let alone stressful and unsettling, and we soon realised that it was up to us to provide a solution. It was from this moment that Bridgewater Home Care was established, with quality, reliability, and trust at the forefront of everything we do to this day. We soon realised how our clients valued the honest and trustworthy approach we adopted and how they deserved so much more than just a traditional home care service; they became part of our extended Bridgewater Family.

Become part of the Bridgewater Family! We pride ourselves on being so much more than just an employer, we are a supportive, friendly network of people with a passion for caring and supporting others and supporting you in your role.