About the role
Job Description
Are you over 18? a driver with access to a car for your daily work? Our personalised care services help our clients remain safe and comfortable within their own home. As a carer your care visits may include:
Personal Care – helping someone to get up in a morning, the usual things we all may need a little help with at some time in our lives, supporting with washing, grooming, continence care and getting dressed.
Companionship – conversation and good company - assist with writing letters and enjoying a chat, shopping and much more
Activities – accompanying to outings and social events such as a local friendship lunch club and to encourage hobbies and pastimes
Plan, prepare and cook nutritious food - rediscovering favourite family recipes
Medication – collecting prescriptions, medication reminders
Light housekeeping –ensuring their home is spotless, safe, tidy
Many of our clients live in rural and remote locations where public transport is limited or unavailable. As a result, the successful candidate will need to be able to travel reliably and independently to and from clients' homes, which may be in areas that are difficult to access by public transport.
Qualifications
Reliable? Kind and friendly? Able to cook a nourishing meal? At Home Instead we value a kind, compassionate heart above all else. We provide full, paid training for all our Care Professional’s and although you may not have had formal care training any previous care or personal experiences are always very welcome.
Additional Information
What we offer:
£14 Monday to Friday Evening rate 5pm to 9am ( Daytime rate £12.75 9am -5pm)
£15 Saturday and Sunday Evening rate 5pm-9am (Daytime rate £14.00 9am-5pm)
Paid mileage at 0.45p per mile after your first 5 miles
Paid travel/waiting time - If you have 60 minutes or less between two clients we will pay you £12.75 to wait
Fully paid, comprehensive training with opportunities for additional courses and NVQs as you work
Full on-the-job support from a dedicated and friendly care management team
Free Full Enhanced DBS
Employee referral scheme – up to £225 per referral.
We believe in person-centred care for our clients, which means all our visits are a minimum of 1 hour, to give plenty of time to complete tasks and get to know your client.
We love to match our care staff to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies and you will consistently see the same clients each time. Average hour contracts are available.
Care Professional Workshops where you can meet other care professionals put a face to the name that you will often see in your client’s notes
Employee discounts program, including exclusive discounts at major high street stores
Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme (for healthcare advice, counselling sessions and financial wellbeing resources)
Weekends are important so you have every other weekend free unless you arrange this otherwise
Contact us today:
We are very proud that Home Instead (Market Harborough, Oadby, Corby & Rutland) is the highest rated Care provider in the East Midlands – OUTSTANDING IN ALL FIVE AREAS rated by CQC.
Call Tom on 0116 298 4744 / 01858 540 317 / 01536 737 501 / 01572 898 147 to learn more or click apply today!
We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead are 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 and reference checks.
Applicants must be UK resident; we cannot offer sponsorship. You will need a driving licence and a car.
If you enjoy spending time with other people, have a smiley personality and want to know more about a role with us, we would love to hear from you!