Care Assistant

Qualifications

To be a Care Assistant at Home Instead you do NOT need you to have experience of working in care or qualifications. We will provide all the training you'll need to feel confident when caring for our wonderful clients.

Additional Information

To see a full listing of all our open positions please visit our website: https://www.homeinstead.co.uk/st-albans/vacancies/

Company Description

We are a family run company; part of a network of 200+ award winning Home Instead offices across the UK. Our goal is to provide the highest quality of care to our clients, enabling them to remain safely in their own homes as an alternative to residential care.

A mark of this approach to high quality of care is our 'Outstanding' rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Benefits

Our Care Assistants are what make us 'Outstanding'. Our benefits reflect this:

• Excellent rates of pay: £12.25/hr before 6:15pm & £13.25/hr after 6:15pm
• After 3 months of service we pay an additional 50p/hr if you hold a QCF Level 2 in Health & Social Care
• PAID Care Assistant training
• PAID travel time & mileage at 45p between client visits
• PAID holiday
• PAID pension scheme
• Evening, weekend and daytime work available from 10-35 hours per week, depending on your availability

Job Description

Requirements

To work for us as a Care Assistant you need to have:

• A desire to support elderly members of our community and a kind, caring nature
• Great communication skills
• A valid driving licence and your own car
• The right to work in the UK
• The ability to travel to and from our clients in St Albans, Harpenden, Radlett and surrounding villages