Visiting Care Professional

Good Oaks Home Care; Brentwood; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Competitive pay

Paid DBS

Paid mileage

Holiday pay

Fully paid training

Career progression

Long-stay bonus

Referral bonus

Volunteer days

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

Good Oaks Home Care in Brentwood and Chelmsford is seeking a Care Professional (part time or full time) to join our visiting-care team, delivering high-quality support to clients in their own homes.

No experience required — we provide full paid training and flexible contracts to suit your lifestyle, with genuine career progression including funded diplomas and leadership roles.

Qualifications

• No experience required – full paid training provided from day one.
• Able to work flexible hours including days, evenings & weekends.
• Committed to high-quality, person-centred care.
• Good communication and time-management skills.
• Physical ability to support clients with daily tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide companionship and meaningful conversation.
• Help with daily household tasks and activities.
• Carry out light housekeeping.
• Assist with meal preparation and cooking.
• Run errands such as grocery shopping or prescriptions.
• Support with personal care tasks if required.
• Monitor medication schedules and reminders if needed.
• Accompany clients to appointments or social activities.

Skills

Caring nature

Excellent communication

Organised & reliable

Professional & trustworthy

Driving licence & vehicle

DBS check willingness

Job description

At GoodOaks, we believe great care starts with great carers. As an award-winning home care company, we value, develop and reward the dedicated people who make a real difference every day.

We’re looking for a Care Professional (part time or full time) to join our brilliant team in Brentwood and Chelmsford, providing quality visiting care to people in their own homes. You’d make a genuine difference to our clients’ lives — with enough time to truly go the extra mile.

We offer flexible contracts, paid mileage, and real career progression — including funded diplomas and Team Leader roles we fill exclusively from within.

No experience required — we provide full paid training and detailed support from day one.

What Will You Do?

• Provide companionship and genuine, meaningful conversation
• Help with daily household tasks and activities
• Carry out light housekeeping: cleaning, dusting, laundry and ironing
• Assist with meal preparation and cooking
• Run errands such as grocery shopping or collecting prescriptions
• Support with personal care tasks such as bathing and grooming (if required)
• Monitor medication schedules and remind clients when needed (if required)
• Accompany clients to appointments or social outings (if required)

Who Are You?

• A caring individual with a strong work ethic and genuine compassion
• An excellent communicator with great people skills
• Organised, reliable and able to manage your time effectively
• Professional, respectful and trustworthy in all situations
• Physically able to support clients with household and personal care tasks
• A driver with a valid licence and access to a vehicle for work
• Happy to undertake a right to work check and DBS check (fully paid by us)

What Do We Offer?

• Flexible hours — full time or part time, days, evenings and weekends to suit you
• Competitive pay — ask us for details
• Paid DBS, paid mileage, holiday pay and fully paid training
• Supportive, professional management that trusts your common sense
• Ongoing personal and professional development with funded diplomas
• Career progression — Team Leader roles recruited from within only
• Long-stay bonus and referral bonus scheme
• Paid volunteer days
• Employee discounts including Blue Light Card

Want a role where you’ll genuinely matter to the people you support — and a company that genuinely invests in you?