Location: Burwell, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Hours: 20hrs per week
Pay: £14.40 to £15.05 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, youll 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:
Blue Light discount card
Long Service Awards
PA of the Quarter Awards
24/7 confidential wellbeing support via Spectrum Life
The Role
As a Personal Care Assistant, youll be part of our clients dedicated support team, providing essential care in their home. Youll be employed by HomeCareDirect but will focus solely on supporting this client.
We are looking for a patient and dedicated female support worker to work 20 hours per week, covering shifts between the hours of 09:30 and 18:30 across all days in the Burwell area of Cambridge. Shifts will be on a rota basis and confirmed in advance
About the Client & Your Responsibilities
Our client is a young woman in her 20s with Muscular Dystrophy. She lives at home with her family and has a passion for writing, poetry, and fanfiction. She also enjoys watching films and listening to music and audiobooks.
Youll play a key role in supporting her daily needs while ensuring her independence and privacy are respected.
Our client is a gentleman in his 70s, a lifelong Cambridge resident who enjoys discussing news, politics, history, and his travels. Following a road traffic accident, he sustained a traumatic brain injury and orthopaedic impairment, impacting his mobility and requiring an attendant-propelled wheelchair when fatigued and outdoors.
Support is needed to assist him with community activities such as going out for lunch, domestic tasks, working under the guidance of medical personnel to assist with prescribed rehabilitation programs, including dressing management. He has dysarthria, so patience and strong communication skills in English are essential. Driving his adapted vehicle is required and due to limited transport options in his village location you should be able to commute easily.
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
Physiotherapy / Moving & Handling (with hoist)
Ventilation / Cough Assist / Oral Suction / Nebuliser
Epilepsy Awareness / Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
Personal Care / Administration of Suppositories
Gastrostomy Care / PEG Medication Administration
All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at minimum wage.
Who Were Looking For
This position is female-only, in accordance with The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1
Previous care experience is desirable but not essential as full training and shadowing will be provided
A compassionate, reliable, and committed individual
Someone who respects privacy and confidentiality
Comfortable working in a home with a cat (no allergies)
Commitment to long-term, person-centred care
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.
Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying for this vacancy.
If you're dedicated to making a meaningful difference, apply today!
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