Company Description
Work for Home Instead Braintree, Sudbury & Colne Valley and bring home great pay, real benefits, and opportunities to earn qualifications with a job that fits around your life.
When you join our team, you are joining a care company like no other. Over the last five years we have built our service on our passion to change the face of ageing. We aim for outstanding in everything we do and our flexible approach means we truly can put our clients’ needs foremost.
In our office there is a real sense of family and we go out of our way to listen to all our team. As we are grow together we will welcome another ‘problem solver’ to join us in this pivotal role with a primary objective of ensuring our clients always receive the appropriate support and a high-quality service.
We cover Braintree, Halstead, Sudbury, Earls Colne, Marks Tey, Kelvedon & Coggeshall.
Job Description
What You'll Enjoy as Our Care Assistant:
1. Competitive Pay: £13.65 per hour and double for bank holidays.
2. Mileage Compensation: 40p per mile.
3. Minimum 1-Hour Visits: Ebsuring enough time to support your client in a person-centred way
4. Local Shifts: Reducing your travel distance, and we cover mileage.
5. Variabe Shifts: Mornings, Lunch & Evenng shifts
6. Free Employee Health Cash Plan
7. Comprehensive Training: Great induction for new Care Assistants and ongoing support.
8. Supportive Environment: A dedicated office team and a circle of happy Care Assistants.
9. Career Growth: Support for NVQ qualifications and internal promotion.
10. Referral Scheme: £150 for referring friends
11. Benefits: Paid holidays and pension for all staff.
Your Role and Responsibilities as a Care Assistant:
12. Providing companionship and organising days out with clients.
13. Assisting with personal care, housekeeping, and meal preparation.
14. Running errands, including grocery shopping or prescription pickups.
15. Supporting with medications and aiding mobility within homes.
16. Handling household chores, such as cleaning and laundry.
Qualifications
Credentials Needed for Care Pros
Be caring, warm-hearted and have a compassionate nature.
Be perceptive and open to client need changes, responsive and intuitive.
Be a great listener, observant, have a positive attitude and be passionate to help others.
Be open to learn and gain new knowledge or grow existing skills.
Be reliable, dependable, able to multitask, able to remain calm and keep a cool head.
Have a full driving license & access to a vehicle so you can provide care to our clients in their own homes across our area.
Have the Right To Work in the United Kingdom.
Have a good grasp of the English language.
Additional Information
Be part of the Home Instead community and work with friendly like-minded people who share your values. If you are looking for a new career, we would love to hear from you! Click apply today or call us at 01376 319100 or 07789908551
We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.