Job Description
A Care Assistant with Home Instead is someone with a kind and compassionate heart who wants to make a true difference to the quality of life for seniors, by supporting our clients to help them remain independent in their own homes. Our Care Assistants provide support that is completely personalised to the individual based on a close bond being formed through shared experiences and interests. Your passion for supporting others and your pride to deliver outstanding service will come from your reliability and trustworthiness. You will enjoy building professional and respectful friendships and be comfortable spending time in the company of others with the ability to be flexible to meet client’s needs.
As a part-time Care Assistant you will based within the community providing care for clients within their own homes. Your hours of work will be based on the below, depending on which is best suited to your availability.
1. 07:00-14:00
2. 07:00-15:00
3. 12:00-17:00
4. 17:00-23:00
Optional overtime opportunities are available upon request.
Qualifications
You do not need any experience or particular qualifications to become a Care Assistant. However, it would be beneficial to have some experience interacting with older people.
A driving license and access to your own vehicle which can be used for work purposes is beneficial for this role where you will be based in the community, providing care for clients in their own homes.
As a Care Assistant, you will receive industry leading training, great rates of pay and excellent support.
Additional Information
What Do We Offer?
5. Guaranteed hours built around your availability
6. Optional overtime opportunities
7. Competitive rates of pay starting at £13.50
8. Mileage payment of 45p per mile
9. Minimum of an hour visit per client
10. Travel time between clients with flexibility depending on the distance of travel
11. Paid annual leave
12. Employee health assured program
13. Pension auto-enrollment
14. Higher rates of pay for bank holidays
15. Staff Benefits including a range of high street stores, holidays, etc.
16. A constant support network through an on-call phone system
17. Induction and in-detail training supported by online learning development opportunities
18. Opportunities to progress into a senior role
If you're looking for work which is extremely rewarding, part of the community and you have the willingness to learn, we would love to hear from you.