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Care Assistant – Flexible Shifts Available

Home Instead
Full-time
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Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom
£12 - £13.50 GBP hourly

Company Description

ALL APPLICANTS MUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK

Home Instead is the world’s leading provider of non-medical care and companionship services for older people. With minimum visits of one hour, award-winning training and an excellent reputation we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide. We match our Care Professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support. 

Job Description

Would you like to make a difference to vulnerable people in the local area and top up your income at the same time?

Perhaps you've worked in retail, restaurants, factories, warehouses, as a driver, teaching assistant or you've been a full time parent. You have transferable skills to bring into your new career in care!

Here at Home Instead we provide support for our clients in their own homes. Duties may include:

  • Assisting with trips out of the house
  • Assisting with medication needs
  • Support with personal care
  • Mobility support
  • Meal preparation 
  • Household duties

Whilst you're offering all this support to our clients, here is what we can offer you:

  • Guaranteed hours contracts
  • Pay rates from £12 - £13.50 per hour depending on time of day
  • Double Pay on all bank holidays
  • Minimum of 35p per mile
  • Paid travel time
  • Paid wait time
  • All mandatory training paid at £12 per hour
  • Access to 24hr employee assistance programme
  • Responsive & reliable on-call for any emergencies
  • Supportive management that listen to your concerns
  • Open door office policy

These are just a handful of the great benefits we have in place for our employees - when we have happy staff, we know we'll have happy clients too.

Qualifications

Home Instead supports all it's employees to pursue any qualifications in the health & social care sector both educationally and financially. 

We also provide full training for all of our new starters, no matter your level of your experience.

Additional Information

If you're interested in joining us or finding out more, click 'apply' now, or get in touch with us directly via 01743 387650 or at [email protected]

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.

Please note that we do require you to have your own reliable transport to get to and from our client's homes and to help with essential journeys such as medical appointments and shopping.

Home Instead do not provide working visas for overseas candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK