Care Assistant

Job Description

💙 What You’ll Be Doing

Every day as a domiciliary Care Assistant is different, but your impact is always the same - life-changing. You’ll support people to stay independent in their own homes and be a trusted part of a close-knit, local team.

✨ You’ll help with:

• 💧 Providing personal care with dignity and respect – bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming

• 💊 Assisting with medication – preparation and administration

• 🚶 Helping with mobility – and using aids/equipment safely

• 🍲 Preparing meals/snacks – and offering mealtime support

• 🧺 Carrying out light domestic duties – laundry, making beds, light cleaning

• 💬 Offering companionship and reassurance – building meaningful relationships

✨ You’ll also:

• 🤝 Encourage social engagement and family connections

• 👀 Monitor health and report any changes to healthcare professionals and family

• 📝 Maintain accurate documentation of care provided

• 🛡️ Respond to emergencies safely and effectively

• 🧩 Work collaboratively with families and the wider care team

Qualifications

🦸 What You’ll Need

Hold onto your hats, because you don't need any social care experience to join our merry band of care crusaders! 💪 We offer full, paid training — all you need is a heart of gold, reliability, and the drive to make a difference.

• 🚗 Driving Requirement: A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role to travel between your local clients in these rural and semi-rural areas.

• ✅ Genuine compassion and respect for others (kindness goes a long way!)

• ✅ Strong communication and listening skills

• ✅ A positive, can-do attitude

• ✅ Reliability and a caring, supportive nature

• ✅ The right to work in the UK

✨ If you’re kind-hearted, dependable, and ready to make every day a little brighter — you’ve already got what it takes to be a Care Assistant hero!

Additional Information

🎁 What You’ll Receive

Here are the perks of joining us:

• ✔ 28 days annual leave (pro rata)

• ✔ Paid mileage & local work opportunities

• ✔ Comprehensive paid training (online & face-to-face)

• ✔ Career progression & self-development opportunities

• ✔ Flexible working (full or part-time)

• ✔ Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay

• ✔ Pension scheme & Death in Service Payment

• ✔ Blue Light Card eligibility (exclusive discounts)

• ✔ Cycle to work scheme

• ✔ Refer a friend bonus (£300 per referral!)

• ✔ Access to well-being & benefits platform

• ✔ Work with the largest care company in the UK

🚀 Ready to Join Our Team of Everyday Heroes?

If you're ready to embark on a care adventure that's more exciting than a rollercoaster ride through a chocolate factory, apply today and become part of our mission to transform care!

💙 We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants, we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.