Care Assistant, Part-time

Home Instead
Doncaster
1 week ago
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Company Description

Our values and culture are what makes us different. We truly believe in the 'Mum Test' - providing a service that we would want for our own family. Home Instead Doncaster provide bespoke, person centred care and support services to older people in their own homes throughout the Doncaster area. Our Care Professionals are the heart and soul of our service, providing a high level of quality care every single day.

Benefits include:

• Up to £14.00 per hour

• Travel time paid and mileage allowance

• Double time paid on bank holidays

• Paid induction

• Performance and attendance bonuses

• Access to Professional Career Pathway

• Refer a friend scheme - £300 T&Cs apply

Job Description

The Role of a Care Professional

Care Professionals support clients in the community to live and remain in their own home. Due to the nature of the role in the community you must be willing to travel around Doncaster and commit to working a combination of the following shift times7am - 2.30pm and 3.45pm - 9.45pmincluding alternative weekends and bank holidays.We require all our care assistants to be available for two evenings a week as a minimum.

You will support clients with:

  • Personal care tasks
  • Medication
  • Meal preparation
  • Light housekeeping
  • Shopping
  • General companionship and wellbeing
  • Taking clients to medical appointments


Qualifications

Requirements:

• Ability to work as part of a team or independently

Access to your own transport with Class 1 Business insurance is essential.

Additional Information

If you want to work for a business who make a real difference to someone's life and be a pivotal part of our team, we would love to hear from you.

Part-time hours are approximately between 15 and 20 hours per week on average.

Home Instead are committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply.

What our current Care Professionals have to say about working for Home Instead, Doncaster:

'I absolutely love my job, from the people we care for to the Home Instead Doncaster team who have made me feel so welcome and helped me to find my feet. In my first few weeks I was partnered with an experienced Care Professional who was a massive support to me'.

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