🕒 14 days ago
Provide person-centred care and practical support to older and vulnerable people, helping them remain in their own homes through personal care, household tasks, and companionship.
Home Care Assistant
📅 Aug 5
CompanionshipPerson-focused CareMeal PreparationLight Housekeeping
📜 Description
- Provide companionship and meaningful social interaction
- Support clients with meal preparation and light housekeeping
- Accompany clients to appointments and shopping trips
- Assist with personal care, including bathing, showering, dressing and grooming
- Deliver high-quality, person-focused care during visits of at least one hour
🛠️ Requirements
- Compassionate and caring personality
- Reliable transportation
- Flexible availability, including occasional rotational weekends
✨ Benefits
- Part-time hours from 10 hours, or full-time/guaranteed contracts
- Mileage and travel time paid separately
- Fully paid training and ongoing support
- Career development opportunities, including specialist training and qualifications such as City & Guilds
- 24/7 employee assistance programme
- Discounts at supermarkets, utility providers and more
- Flexible working patterns
Full job description
Company Description
Home Instead Bury St Edmunds covers Bury St Edmunds, Diss, Stowmarket and the surrounding villages. We are a family run care provider who truly puts our team and clients before anything else.
If you’re looking for a profession where you can bring your caring personality to work and change lives, look no further. We’re looking for Home Care assistants who are available for various visits, and have access to reliable transportation
Job Description
Care Assistant Benefits:
- Excellent pay rates - £13.50 per hour week days, £14.00 per hour evenings and weekends, plus £20.25 enhanced bank holiday rates
- Types of hours available From 10 hours part time or Full-time/Guaranteed contract
- Minimum 1 hour calls – so you have the time needed with client
- Mileage and travel time - paid separately
- Training - fully paid award winning training and ongoing support, with genuine career development opportunities such as access to specialist training/ qualifications [eg. City & Guilds]
- Employee assistance programme - available 24/7
- Exclusive discounts scheme – at supermarkets, utility providers and more
- Flexible working patterns, including a requirement to work occasional weekends to support our clients' needs
Qualifications
Additional Information
Care Assistant responsibilities:
Being a Home help assistant is a highly rewarding career where no two days are the same! With minimum 1 hour care visits and client matching, you have the time to provide high quality, person-focused care.
We are looking for compassionate individuals who are able to work flexible hours, including some weekends on a rotational basis, to ensure our clients receive outstanding care seven days a week.
Duties can include:
- Companionship, ensuring clients enjoy regular and meaningful social interaction
- Supporting with everyday tasks such as meal preparation and light housekeeping
- Accompanying clients to appointments or shopping trips
- Personal care, including assistance with bathing, showering, dressing and grooming, helping clients remain healthy, comfortable and independent
- Being part of the Home Instead family and working with friendly, like-minded people who share your values
Whether you already have experience in care or are looking for a rewarding new career, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to find out more.
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