Care Professional

Are you a superhero ready for a career that is both rewarding, varied and challenging with excellent training and development? 

Are you able to travel to visit clients in the own homes to carry out a variety of duties including personal care, administering medication and companionship? 

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 

We also hold a CQC rating of Outstanding. 

We are looking for people with kind, compassionate hearts who want to make a true difference to the quality of life for our clients to join our team as a Care Professional. Within this role, you will provide a variety of non-medical services to help them remain independent in their own home. 

The requirements of the role varies from client to client, but you may be required to help with aspects of personal care i.e., toileting, meal preparation, medication prompts, home help i.e., washing, laundry, and general cleaning duties, as well as companionship so accompanying the client to shops, pharmacies and attending social groups and activities. 

As a Care Professional you will benefit from: 

·  Pay up to £13.20 per hour and double time on Bank Holidays 

·  PAID travel, waiting and training time of £10.50 per hour PLUS mileage 

·  Minimum ONE-HOUR visits 

·  Bespoke PAID training programmes including City and Guilds training in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care and Parkinson’s training and End of life training. 

·  Career progression opportunities 

·  Employee referral scheme 

·  Quarterly team meetings 

·  Supportive work environment that centres on your wellbeing 

·  Free counselling, legal and financial advice for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Programme 

No formal qualifications are required however previous experience in a health and social care, or a customer service role is beneficial. We will provide all the training required for the position. 

You must have good people skills, be calm and able to adapt your approach to the meet the needs of the clients. A willingness to learn is also essential for the role of a Care Professional as each client is different and no two days are exactly the same. 

Apply today

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 REQUIRES THAT THE APPLICANT RESIDES IN THE UK AND HAS THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK.  We are not sponsoring VISA applications at this time.