East Leake, United Kingdom | Posted on 06/11/2025
Location: EastLeake, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Hours: 12 hours per week
Pay: £12.21 per hour
About HomeCareDirect
HomeCareDirect is a leadingnational provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to deliveringsafe, compassionate, and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receivehigh-quality training, supervision, and career development opportunities.
Why Join Us?
As a valued member of ourteam, you’ll enjoy:
* Company pension scheme
* Enhanced bank holiday pay
* Paid training
Ongoing Support &Recognition
* Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nursesupport
* 24/7 on-call assistance
* Long Service Awards
* PA of the Quarter Awards
The Role
As a Personal CareAssistant, you’ll be part of our client’s dedicated support team, providingessential care in their home. You’ll be employed by HomeCareDirect but willfocus solely on supporting this client.
This role is for 12hrs perweek, however we can be flexible and will be willing to look at offering moreif you are the right candidate. Shifts will be between 9.30am and 6pm dependingon our clients needs.
About the Client & Your Responsibilities
Our client is a warm andengaging lady in her 40s who lives in her family home and requires supportdue to ongoing health conditions. Thislevel of support is vital to maintaining both her independence and overallwellbeing.
She enjoys a rich and variedlife 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 livingand quality of life. These includeassisting with personal care such as bathing, dressing, and maintaininghygiene, as well as preparing healthy, nutritious meals and helping withhousehold duties like cleaning, laundry, and shopping. You will also play a keyrole in enabling her to participate in social and leisure activities and inoffering companionship and emotional support to ensure she feels safe, includedand content.
Your responsibilities willinclude supporting her mobility and carrying out safe moving and handlingpractices, administering medication, monitoring her general health (such asblood pressure and temperature) and accompanying her to medical appointmentswhen needed. You should be friendly,compassionate and a strong communicator with the ability to use initiative andrespond effectively in different situations.
It’s important to our clientthat her relationships with family and friends are supported, so you shouldshare her values around inclusion and connection. While being a driver is not essential, amobility car is available for taking her out.
A commitment to ongoingtraining and development is expected, as well as ensuring all daily log notesand 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
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness
All training must be completedprior to start date and is paid at minimum wage.
Who We’re Looking For
ü Whilstdriving is not essential, our client lives in a village with limited publictransport.A driver is therefore preferred.
ü Aknowledge of MS would be advantageous
ü Acompassionate, reliable, and committed individual
ü Commitmentto long-term, person-centred care
Join a Team That Cares
At HomeCareDirect, we arecommitted to safe, fair recruitment and ensuring all staff are vetted, trained,and supervised to the highest standards.
If you're dedicated to makinga meaningful difference, apply today!
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