Care Assistant

Job Description

Our CAREGivers are hand-picked for their character and values and are expertly trained to support older people and their families. We do this to ensure we can closely match the interests, hobbies, and personality with the clients. As an addition to our team, you will be kind, compassionate and caring with a cheery personality. You will need to be able to listen well and have excellent communication skills. All training is completed within Home Instead with many opportunities for ongoing training and growth.

• Offer companionship and conversation
• Monitor diet and eating
• Provide medication reminders
• Stimulate and encourage through a variety of activities
• Arrange appointments, activities and outings
• Organise mail and write letters
• Assist with walking
• Accompany to appointments and social events

• Minimum call times of one hour- Allowing tasks to be completed to a high standard and time to build relationships
• Introductions to all new clients and Shadowing with existing clients
• No uniforms – We prefer our CAREGivers to look just like a friend or relative
• Range of hours available/ possible contracts depending on availability
• Double pay on Bank holidays
• Excellent Career Opportunities
• Fully Funded NVQ Level 2 and 3
• Access to Carers Discounts Schemes
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

Qualifications

Are you a good conversationalist with a great sense of humour? Are you compassionate and enjoy helping others? Do you have a desire to give back to your community? If you can answer yes, we would like to hear from you!

We embrace CAREGivers from all walks of life, whether just starting out a career or searching for a way to use life skills in a new and meaningful way.

Additional Information

As a CAREGiver, you will receive industry leading training, great rates of pay and excellent support.

If you're looking for work which is extremely rewarding and satisfactory and have a high-degree of flexibility to meet our clients' needs, we would love to hear from you.Please click on 'I'm Interested' or alternatively, contact us on

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.This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure.