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Care Professional - Community based

Home Instead
Leicester
2 days ago
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Job Description

Home Instead West Leicestershire & Market Bosworth is expanding and we are looking for caring, compassionate Care Assistants to help with elderly care and support adults living at home with a range of needs throughout the local area.

We currently have Part Time / Evening & Weekend/ full time Care vacancies available with immediate starts once training has been completed, 4 references have been obtained and a succesful DBS. 

Being a Care Assistant means you need to be adaptable, personable but ultimately put others first.

Your role may include:

· Companionship

· Helping with personal care

· Helping with mobility around the home

· Overseeing medication and providing medical support

· Helping with housework such as cleaning and vacuuming

· Preparing and cooking meals

· Running errands such as food shopping or picking up prescriptions


Qualifications

At Home Instead West Leicestershire & Market Bosworth, we can offer the following benefits for our Care Assistants:

· £13.65 - £14.65 per hour

· Local & Professional Support Team available, 24/7 on call support

· Access to Blue Light Discount Card

· Refer A Friend Scheme 

 

 

· Award Winning, Comprehensive Induction & Ongoing Professional Development Training

· Fantastic Recognition and acknowledgement during birthdays, appraisals, and special occasions 

· Access to special events

· Regular care professional team meetings, training updates and support visits.



Additional Information

As a Care Professional, 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.

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.

This role is UK based and the right to work in the UK will need to be established as part of the recruitment process

  • English (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

This is a fantastic, rewarding role and as a Home Instead care professional, you will really be making a difference to someone's life.

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