Home Care Assistant at Care South (Sponsorship Available)

Care South is offering an exciting opportunity for compassionate individuals to join their team as Home Care Assistants in Crewkerne. No prior experience is required, as full training will be provided.

This role includes visa sponsorship, making it an excellent opportunity for those looking to start or advance their career in care. If you have a caring nature and a desire to make a real difference in people’s lives, Care South wants to hear from you! Apply today to become part of a supportive and rewarding team.

About Care South

Care South is a leading provider of residential and home care across the south of England.

As a not-for-profit charity our focus isn’t on targets or sales – it’s on supporting people who need help to get the best out of life by offering high quality, compassionate care. We know that it’s the care that counts.

We know that it is you that makes the difference. Care is both a rewarding and challenging profession and we have some truly remarkable people working for us, could you be one of them?

We are always looking for positive, compassionate, hard-working and patient individuals to join our team. Even if you haven’t worked in care before but have a willingness to learn with a commitment to excellence, we have opportunities for you.     

Position: Home Care Assistant

Salary: £12.30 to £14.30 an hour

Job Type: Full Time

Location: 4 Linen Yard, South Street, Crewkerne, UK

About the Role

Start the New Year with a rewarding career.

If you’re looking to make a change in 2025 and start a more fulfilling career, that truly makes a difference to others, then we would love to hear from you. We are recruiting Home Care Assistants to provide care and support to clients within their own homes. This is a chance to start 2025 with a role that offers both personal and professional growth.

We have limited sponsorship available. To be eligible for this, you must have experience within Home Care, a full UK driving licence, vehicle, and live within a commutable distance of the service.

Care South is a not-for-profit charity and leading provider of both residential care and care at home across the south of England.

Why choose this role? At Care South, we take pride in offering continued training and development opportunities alongside supporting our staff to complete recognised qualifications. Unlike other providers, we are completely transparent with pay, not only do we offer a generous petrol allowance of 40p per mile, but we also pay for your travel time between clients.

No experience? No problem, we offer a comprehensive induction to ensure you will succeed in your new role. We can offer work schedules to fit your lifestyle, with full time, part time and flexible hours available.

This community-based Home Care Assistant role will be supporting clients with a variety of needs including personal care within their own homes, you will need a UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle. Our Home Care Assistant role allows for flexibility and delivers care to our clients between 7am to 2pm and 4pm to 10pm.

Benefits

Our Home Care Assistants receive –

  • £12.30 per hour
  • £2.00 per hour Bank Holiday enhancement rate
  • Full time, part time, and flexible hours available
  • Free Life Assurance for staff with contracted hours
  • Paid travel time
  • 40p per mile mileage allowance
  • Blue Light discount card
  • Outstanding training, qualification and career advancement opportunities
  • A supportive and inclusive team environment
  • Employee recognition, including ‘Employee of the Month’ and yearly ‘Star Awards’

Main Duties

Key duties for Home Care Assistants include:

  • Identifying the needs and abilities of our clients and providing personal care and encouragement to them
  • Assisting with medication, meal preparation and domestic services
  • Supporting with community visits (shopping and leisure trips)
  • Regular communications with the office support team
  • Reflect our HEART values in your day-to-day work

Qualifications

About you:

  • Do you have a desire to make a positive impact on the lives of our clients?
  • Do you have previous experience? This isn’t essential, as full training is provided
  • Are you the holder of a UK driving licence with access to a vehicle?
  • Do you have business insurance on your vehicle or are you happy to obtain it?
  • Are you flexible in the hours you can work and able to work every other weekend?
  • Are you able to work independently and as part of a team?

Required Documents

  1. CV/Resume
  2. Cover Letter

Application Process

Interested and qualified candidates should kindly CLICK HERE to learn more and apply

Application Deadline

Open until filled