Posted 28 days ago
Un-retire Yourself! - Care Assistant
AI Summary
Provides non-medical companionship and home support to clients, including personal care, meal preparation, and post-hospital assistance.
About this role
Un-retire Yourself! - Care Assistant
Are you recently retired or planning your retirement?
Do you have a few hours a week to make a meaningful difference in someone’s life?
At Home Instead Southend, we are looking for kind, compassionate, and dependable individuals to join our team of Care Professionals. This flexible, part-time opportunity is ideal for those who want to stay active, give back to their community, and enjoy meaningful work.
Care Assistant Benefits:
- Competitive pay: £13.00 - £14.50 per hour and double on bank holidays
- Paid travel time + mileage is 45p per mile
- Holiday pay + Pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Program - available 24/7
- Refer a friend scheme - cash award
- Minimum of 1hr visits - so you have enough time with the client
- Award winning training - paid £12.71 per hour
- Exclusive discounts scheme – at supermarkets, utility providers + more
- Health Plan
- Workbuzz 5* Employer Award - 4th year running!
Our services are non-medical and can include companionship, home help, personal care, meal preparation, post-hospital care, support with hobbies & interests and much more!
Specific days and times of work can be mutually discussed at the interview stage, but we do require our staff to have some availability on weekends, to offer continuity of care to our clients.
Qualifications
No experience is necessary as full training is given to all new Care Professionals. We carefully match our clients and Care Professionals based on similar personalities, hobbies and interests. All of our client visits are a minimum of one hour so you will have time to deliver excellent standards of care and have time to enjoy getting to know your clients.
Additional Information
If you're interested in joining a team that truly values its people and provides high-quality, person-centred care, contact us today on 01702 382348 or click to apply.
Join us at Home Instead Southend and help change the face of ageing – one visit at a time.
Join our team and be the reason someone smiles today!
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