Tea time care assistant

Home Instead; Rushden; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular hours

DBS required

Free Care Training

Mileage allowance

Refer a friend scheme

Health care benefits

Excellent pension

Weekend/Bank holiday enhanced rates

Job summary

Home Instead in the United Kingdom is seeking caring professionals for tea-time calls from 16:00 to 19:00. No formal qualifications are required; full training is provided and you’ll help clients stay independent, safe and active in their own homes.

Roles include personal care, medication assistance, meal prep, light housekeeping, errands and companionship. Regular hours, mileage allowance, and enhanced weekend rates are offered, along with DBS and a strong pension scheme.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required; full training is provided.
• Must have a big heart and want to make a difference to clients’ lives.
• Independent means of transport is required to visit clients at home.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care to clients.
• Help with medications as needed.
• Prepare meals for clients.
• Perform light housekeeping tasks.
• Run errands or accompany clients to appointments.
• Offer companionship and conversation.
• Ensure clients are safe and healthy at home.

Skills

Personal care

Medication assistance

Meal preparation

Light housekeeping

Companionship

Transport/logistics

Tools

DBS certificate

Job description

We are looking to grow our brilliant team of Care Professionals for tea time calls from 16.00 until 19.00. We provide quality care that makes a real difference to the people we care for at home. With a minimum of half hour calls and personalised support with clients who you're matched with, this is home care at its very best.

Our Care Professionals are trained to help our clients remain independent, active and safe. Every call is different as it's based on the needs of each individual.

As a Home Instead Care Professional, your client visits may consist of:

• Providing personal care.
• Help with medications.
• Preparing meals.
• Light housekeeping.
• Running errands such as accompanying your client to appointments or visiting the shops.
• Helping your client get ready in the morning.
• Offering companionship and conversation.
• Ensuring your client is safe and healthy in their home.

This role is UK‑based and the right to work in the UK will need to be established as part of the recruitment process., Due to the nature of the role, caring for clients in their own homes and assisting clients to access the community, we require all of our Care Professionals to have a suitable independent means of transport.

No qualifications required. Full training is provided. All we ask is that you have a big heart and want to make a difference to our clients lives.

As a Care Professional you will receive industry leading training, great rates of pay and excellent support. Working from 16.00 - 19.00 and working every other weekend.

Benefits include:

• Regular hours and clients
• DBS required
• FREE Care Certificate Training
• Introductions/Shadows to all clients
• Enhanced rate of pay at weekends and bank holidays
• Mileage allowance 40p per Mile
• £500 Refer a friend scheme
• Health Care benefits
• Excellent pension scheme
• No 15-minute call company

Pay Rates - £13.80 per hour