Care Assistant in Barnstaple
Care Assistant at Home Life Carers
Location: Barnstaple and surrounding areasPay Rate: £12 to £14.20 per hour depending on location plus mileage
Shifts: Various shifts available
Bring your caring and compassionate attitude to our fantastic team.
As a HLC Care Assistant, you’ll deliver award winning care to support our clients in their own homes to maintain their independence, dignity and self-worth. Every day is different!
Benefits for our Care Assistants
As a care professional, you'll get:
Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption payEnhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement
Death in Service Payment
Pension scheme
Benefits and Well-being Platform
28 days annual leave (pro rata)
Cycle to work scheme
Refer a friend scheme – earn £300 per referral!
Blue Light Card eligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands for you
Flexible hours, part and full time available
Local work and paid mileage
Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays
Paid training – online and face to face
Self-development – progression opportunities
Access to our in-house app
Work for the largest care company in the UK!
No experience necessary
Book an interview at a time and date to suit you!
Job Description
Care Assistant: Role & Responsibilities
Our care assistants are the extraordinary people who do the everyday things that mean so much to our clients. Supporting them to live safer and supported lives in their own homes, you’ll follow individual care plans and assist with personal care, helping clients to bathe, dress, manage incontinence, use the toilet and supporting them with their medication.You’ll also help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes and housework.
Various shifts availableLooking for full-time and part-time care assistants
Guaranteed hour contracts available to suit
What else you’ll help with:
Companionship – being a friendly face & preventing lonelinessPersonal Care – all aspects of personal hygiene
Medication – collecting prescriptions & providing reminders
Mealtimes – preparing tasty meals
Housekeeping – keeping their home just the way they like it
Mobility – help with getting around
Qualifications
Care Assistant Job: Skills & Requirement
Previous experience in a care assistant role is useful but otherwise, the care assistant skills and attributes needed are:
CompassionResilience
A willingness to learn
Additional Information
Why choose us?
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.
Keywords: Carer, Care Assistant, Care Professional, Care Worker, Healthcare Assistants, Support Workers