Care Assistant (Night Shift)

For this role, though we have a number of others available, we are specifically seeking a Waking Night/ Sleep in Care Assistant Working with a small team of colleagues to support clients who need a bit of reassurance during the night in order to keep them in their own home, the place they cherish the most.

Your role will include:

• Being ready to provide reassurance for a client if they wake during the night
• Doing light cleaning duties ready for the client to wake up to in the morning
• Preparing breakfast in the morning.
• Reminding them to take their medication.
• Being a listening ear and to treat clients with the respect and dignity that everyone deserves.

Pay rates, hours & benefits

• Holiday pay, pension entitlements
• Benefit scheme – with real discounts across numerous big-name businesses
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Many training courses to choose from for ongoing personal and career development

Qualifications

You do not need any previous experience or qualifications in order to become a Care Assistant as we will provide industry leading training to get you up to speed. However, we do look for people with the following:

• Great interpersonal skills, with the ability to build long-lasting, positive relationships with our clients
• Bags of compassion, and a passion for supporting others
• Genuine interest in becoming a part of a caring, mission led organisation, who pride themselves on delivering an outstanding service

Additional Information

If you have a passion for caring and the motivation to help us achieve our ambitions, we would love to hear from you.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure.

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability
• Weekends only

Work Location: In person