Support Worker
Location: East Leake, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Hours: 12 hours per week
Pay: £12.21 per hour
About HomeCareDirect
HomeCareDirect is a leading national provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to delivering safe, compassionate, and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receive high-quality training, supervision, and career development opportunities.
Why Join Us?
As a valued member of our team, you’ll enjoy:
Competitive Pay & Benefits
* Company pension scheme
* Enhanced bank holiday pay
* Paid training
Ongoing Support & Recognition
* Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nurse support
* 24/7 on-call assistance
* Employee perks, including:
o Blue Light discount card
o Long Service Awards
o PA of the Quarter Awards
o 24/7 confidential wellbeing support via Spectrum Life
The Role
As a Personal Care Assistant, you’ll be part of our client’s dedicated support team, providing essential care in their home. You’ll be employed by HomeCareDirect but will focus solely on supporting this client.
This role is for 12hrs per week, however we can be flexible and will be willing to look at offering more if you are the right candidate. Shifts will be between 9.30am and 6pm depending on our clients needs.
About the Client & Your Responsibilities
Our client is a warm and engaging lady in her 40s who lives in her family home and requires support due to ongoing health conditions. This level of support is vital to maintaining both her independence and overall wellbeing.
She enjoys a rich and varied life with many interests, including music, meditation, watching TV soap operas, and spending time outdoors, particularly walking in nature, which she loves.
As a personal care assistant, you will support her with a range of tasks that contribute to her daily living and quality of life. These include assisting with personal care such as bathing, dressing, and maintaining hygiene, as well as preparing healthy, nutritious meals and helping with household duties like cleaning, laundry, and shopping. You will also play a key role in enabling her to participate in social and leisure activities and in offering companionship and emotional support to ensure she feels safe, included and content.
Your responsibilities will include supporting her mobility and carrying out safe moving and handling practices, administering medication, monitoring her general health (such as blood pressure and temperature) and accompanying her to medical appointments when needed. You should be friendly, compassionate and a strong communicator with the ability to use initiative and respond effectively in different situations.
It’s important to our client that her relationships with family and friends are supported, so you should share her values around inclusion and connection. While being a driver is not essential, a mobility car is available for taking her out.
A commitment to ongoing training and development is expected, as well as ensuring all daily log notes and records are kept up to date.
Requirements
Training & Support
We provide comprehensive, paid training (to CQC standards) before your start date, covering:
✔ Full induction
✔ Safeguarding Adults
✔ First Aid / Food Hygiene / Health & Safety
✔ Personal Care / Medication Administering / Moving & Handling
✔ Mental Health Awareness
✔ Multiple Sclerosis Awareness
All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at minimum wage.
Who We’re Looking For
ü Whilst driving is not essential, our client lives in a village with limited public transport. A driver is therefore preferred.
ü A knowledge of MS would be advantageous
ü Strong communication skills
ü A compassionate, reliable, and committed individual
ü Commitment to long-term, person-centred care
Benefits
Join a Team That Cares
At HomeCareDirect, we are committed to safe, fair recruitment and ensuring all staff are vetted, trained, and supervised to the highest standards.
If you're dedicated to making a meaningful difference, apply today!
Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying for this vacancy.