Community Care Assistant

Are you a naturally caring person? Do you want to get involved and help your community when it needs you most?

Loneliness and isolation is a huge issue among our elderly community. According to Age UK, half a million older people go at least 5 days a week without speaking to anyone at all.

As a Caregiver for Right at Home Bedford, you can help support the vulnerable in their own homes and make a difference at a time when it has never counted so much.

Previous care experience is not essential however a kind and caring attitude certainly is.

The Role

Our Caregivers spend a minimum of 1 hour with each of our elderly private clients who live in their own homes. Duties differ from visit to visit. Whilst some clients require varying levels of Personal Care (including washing, dressing and personal hygiene), many just need a little help getting their meals prepared or keeping on top of basic housework, gardening or going to the shops.

Are You New to Home Care?

To ensure you are fully prepared all staff to undertake a thorough in-house training program followed by regular ongoing and refresher training. Your initial home visits will always be carried out with a senior colleague until you ‘find your feet’. You will also have management support on every home visit you then make.

What’s In It For You?

A competitive salary PLUS: holiday pay, paid mileage, realistic travel time between clients and company pension contributions. We also offer generous retention bonuses and referral bonuses.

Be part of a team that looks out for each other, have their suggestions listened to and finally find job satisfaction that cannot be matched elsewhere.

Career Development

Caregivers are simply happy being out in the community visiting clients. However, others will eventually be looking to move into one of our office-based roles or a supervisory / management position. As we are a new branch there is plenty of scope for progression and we will always look to promote from within, which is supported by the relevant training and coaching to help you move up the career ladder, should you wish.

Hours of work

We have a number of clients who need support at all times of the day which allows your job to fit around your home life.  The role is part-time so shifts can be worked from anything of 1 to 7 days a week.

About Right at Home

We are part of a network of c.70 Right at Home branches that focus on quality rather than quantity. Around 34% of our branches have been rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.

Next Steps

Whether you are new to Home Care, fancy a change from your current Care employer, or are looking to come back into Care after a break, please apply here and we can discuss if joining our team is the right move for you. If you can spare a few hours or more please apply today.