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Part Time Weekend Care assistant (UK APPLICANTS ONLY)

Home Instead
Part-time
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Ledbury, England, United Kingdom

Company Description

Home Instead is the world's leading provider of non-medical care and companionship services for older people including personal care. We have minimum visits of 1 hour, award-winning training, and an excellent reputation we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide. We match Clients and Care assistants based on mutual interests and hobbies, to help build bonds of trust and help us provide personalised support. We take our clients out shopping or for drives or even just walks. 

Job Description

  • We are not looking for specific care experience – your personal values, though, are critical
  • Excellent support and training are given but being kind, caring and compassionate is essential.
  • Recruiting for part-time hours this role will include every other weekend. 
  • Great rates of pay from April £13.50 up to £15.25 per hour plus 12.7% holiday pay accrued on all hours
  • FREE Blue Light Cards - national discount card for hundreds of retailers
  • Paid Mileage
  • Real Rates of pay- No surprises
  • Flexible working hours
  • No Uniforms
  • Minimum call time of 1 hour
  • Part time ( full time is available too )

Qualifications

What we are looking for: 

  • We would like you to have your own reliable transportation to visit our clients and be willing to travel across our local areas
  • An excellent timekeeper who is organised and reliable
  • Compassionate and kind individuals
  • People who always treat clients with dignity and respect
  • A good listener, be able to communicate clearly and build relationships with clients and their families in a polite and friendly manner
  • Wanted part-time work

Additional Information

If you have a passion for caring and the motivation to help us achieve our ambitions, we would love to hear from you. No previous care experience is needed!

We are especially looking for someone who is flexible and has access to reliable transport to cover calls in the evening when most of our clients need to get safely back into bed at night.

We provide industry-leading training and all the support needed to get you started.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead Hereford 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.