Weekend Care Assistant

Home Instead Senior Care; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Home Instead Oxford is seeking Weekend Care Assistants to join their team in Kidlington. The role involves supporting clients to maintain a happy and healthy life in their homes, covering personal care tasks, meal preparation, and providing companionship. Flexible hours and full training provided, with the opportunity to make meaningful connections with clients.

Benefits

Pay rate of £13.95 per hour on weekends

Paid mileage & travel time between visits

Hours that fit around you

Full training provided

Clear career pathways and qualifications (NVQs)

Pension scheme

Referral scheme

Access to pay ahead of payday with EarlyPay

Free Blue Light Card

Discounted fuel

Qualifications

• Real people person with a genuine desire to provide outstanding care.
• Must be aged 18 or over.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are desired.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with personal care, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
• Encourage fluids and provide companionship.
• Enable day-to-day routines for clients.

Skills

Caring

Companionship

Job description

Company Description

Home Instead Oxford are a well-established home care provider, supporting older people to remain healthy & well within their own homes. We support clients living across Burford, Carterton, Witney, Kidlington & Oxford 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:OX1, OX2, OX3, OX4, OX5, OX33, OX18, OX28, OX29

Are you finding yourself with some spare time of a weekend and want to do something meaningful, but also earn yourself some extra money at the same time?
At Home Instead Oxford, we're looking for bubbly, caring people to join our amazing team of Care Assistant's to support our ever-growing client base to remain happy and healthy within their own homes.

As a Care Assistant with Home Instead, you will be there to support our clients to remain happy, healthy & safe living within their own homes.
The Care Assistant role will involve supporting with personal care, preparing fresh meals and encouraging fluids, medication reminders, light home help tasks as well as proving companionship and enabling the day-to-day routines for our clients.

Some of the benefits of becoming a Weekend Care Assistant with us:

• £13.95per hour on a weekend (£13.15 per hour during the week and a double rate on a bank holiday)
• Paid mileage & travel time between visits
• Hours that fits around you
• Full training provided
• Clear career pathways and qualifications (NVQs)
• Pension scheme
• Referral scheme – earn money for your friends joining the team as well as for referring clients to us
• 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?
To be a real people person with a genuine desire to provide outstanding care and support to clients. We will need you to be aged 18 or over and be able to work an alternate weekend (at least).
Due to the nature of the role, a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is desired.

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