Quick overview
Job description
At Home Instead, our Care Assistants are known as Care Professionals. We value our team, recognise their skills and dedication, and treat every member with the respect they deserve.
As a Care Professional with Home Instead, you’ll receive full training, ongoing support and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications in care. Whether you’re looking for a few hours a week or several hours a day, our flexible roles can fit around other work, family life and your existing commitments.
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
We look after clients in Market Harborough, Oadby & Wigston, Corby & Oakham and surrounding areas and match our care team to local clients. Many clients live in rural locations and successful candidates 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.
- 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.
- Over 18 ? Driver with access to a car for work is essential.
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
- Double pay £28-£30 on public holidays plus mileage
- Off peak pay starts at £12.25 plus mileage
- Paid travel time on top of your visit times
- 12% holiday pay on top of your regular earnings
- Mileage paid at .45 on top of hourly rate after first 5 miles
- Paid training time - comprehensive induction and ongoing award-winning training
- Opportunities for career progression and qualifications
- Friendly supportive management and great team culture
- Pension scheme
- Employee benefits –- care professional workshops, Blue Light discount card savings
- Enhanced DBS paid for by us
Weekends are important so you have every other weekend free unless you arrange this otherwise
We offer a range of contracts from zero hours to full time depending on your needs and availability
IMPORTANT - Applicants must be UK resident; we cannot offer sponsorship. You will need a driving licence and a car. This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure and reference checks.
A job with us is extremely rewarding! Join a team that values connection, purpose, and genuine appreciation for the impact you make every single day. So, 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!