Senior Care Assistant

Home Instead Senior Care; Swindon; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading home care provider as a Senior Care Assistant in Swindon, supporting clients in their homes. With flexible hours, comprehensive training, and a supportive team environment, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in clients' lives while building a rewarding career.

Benefits

Paid mileage & travel time

Full training provided

Clear career pathways and qualifications (NVQs)

Pension scheme

Referral scheme

Access to pay ahead of payday

Free Blue Light Card and discounted fuel

Qualifications

• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Full UK driving licence & access to a vehicle.
• Experience in care is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on care to clients.
• Support new and experienced Care Assistants.
• Carry out service reviews and quality assurances.

Skills

Care Experience

Flexibility

Job description

Company Description

Home Instead Swindon & Vale of White Horse are a well-established home care provider, supporting older people to remain healthy & well within their own homes. We are a CQC rated 'Outstanding' home care provider. We support clients living across Swindon & Highworth and into Faringdon & Vale of White Horse areas as well as the surrounding villages.

Job Description

To be eligible for an interview, you must:

• Have the right to work in the UK
• Have a full UK driving licence and reliable access to a vehicle
• Live within the postcodes of:SN1, SN2, SN3, SN4, SN5, SN6, SN7, OX12

Are you already a Care Assistant and looking for the next step in your career? We are looking for a new Senior Care Assistant to join the team to support our amazing Care Assistant's to enable our clients to remain within their own homes.

As a Senior Care Assistant with us, the role will involve providing hands on care to clients, carrying out service reviews and quality assurances, supporting new and experienced Care Assistant's on their Home Instead journeys, completing support visits as well as supporting the office team with admin duties as required.

Some of the benefits of joining the team as a Senior Care Assistant:

• £12.75 per hour during the week and £13.50 per hour on a weekend, with enhanced pay rates for senior and on call duties carried out
• Paid mileage & travel time between visits
• Hours that fits around your life – mornings/evenings/full or part time
• Full training provided and ongoing support
• Clear career pathways and qualifications (NVQs)
• Pension scheme
• Referral scheme – earn money for your friends joining the team
• Access to your pay ahead of payday with EarlyPay
• Free Blue Light Card and access to discounted fuel
• Be part of a close-knit team that truly supports each other
• Make real, lasting connections with clients and their families

What do we need from you?
Experience in care would be desirable but not essential. We do need you to be aged 18 or over and be able to work an alternate weekend.
A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is also required due to the nature of the role.
Flexibility on working hours and willing to be a part of the on call rota

Start your journey as a local hero today. Apply now and help us change lives – one visit at a time.

Please note that this role is UK based, and an offer of employment is contingent on candidates having the right to work in the UK.