Job Description
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Reablement Care Assistant, your daily visits will focus on empowering your clients:
* Rebuilding Confidence – patiently encouraging clients to try tasks themselves.
* Mobility & Physiotherapy Support – assisting with transfers, walking, and exercises prescribed by occupational therapists.
* Nutrition & Mealtimes – supporting them to safely prepare their own meals and drinks.
* Medication Management – prompting and guiding them to manage their own medication safely.
* Housekeeping Skills – helping them relearn how to manage light cleaning and laundry.
* Health Monitoring – closely observing progress and reporting improvements or setbacks.
* Social Inclusion – helping them regain the confidence to step back into their community.
* Documentation – logging specific milestones to track their journey to independence.
Qualifications
What You’ll Need (Besides a Cape and Superpowers!)
Hold onto your hats — ideally, you’ll have at least 6 months of social care experience to join our merry band of care crusaders!
But here’s the truth: what matters most to us is your heart of gold and your ability to sprinkle kindness wherever you go. You’ll need to be as resilient as a rubber band and as eager to learn as a curious kitten. Don’t worry — we’ll help you level up your skills and knowledge as part of our close-knit (and delightfully quirky) team.
While experience is a bonus, we’re really looking for people who:
* Have compassion oozing from every pore
* ️ Can communicate like a UN diplomat
* Possess problem-solving powers that would impress Mother Teresa
* Are committed to respectful, high-quality care that would make your gran proud
* ✅ Have the right to work within the UK (Please note: We are unable to offer visa sponsorship).
A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential (some clients live in rural areas and need heroes who can reach them).
Additional Information
What You’ll Receive
* ✨ Guaranteed hours available for the right candidates
* Enhanced maternity, adoption & paternity pay
* Pension scheme
* ️ Death in Service benefit
* 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
* Cycle to Work scheme
* ⛽ Paid mileage
* Enhanced weekend & bank holiday pay
* Paid training (online & face-to-face)
* Career progression opportunities
* Employee benefits & wellbeing platform
* ️ Blue Light Card eligibility (staff discounts)
* Refer-a-Friend bonus (£300 per referral)
* ⏱️ Flexible hours – part-time and full-time available
* Local work with the backing of the largest care company in the UK
Ready to Help People Live Life Their Way? If you’re ready to start a rewarding career supporting people to regain independence and confidence, join our reablement team of everyday heroes. Apply today!
Care By Us is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.