Care Assistant

Work for Home Instead Braintree, Sudbury & Colne Valley, a fast-growing business with a personal touch and great passion.

We’re looking for Care Assistants who are kind and compassionate and are dedicated to delivering the highest standard of care understanding our values and mission. Providing continuity to both Client and Care Assistants means you will see the same Clients every week, with minimum 1 hour visits enabling you to build a relationship and a routine in the comfort of their home focused around quality of life.

We cover Braintree, Halstead, Sudbury, Bures, Earls Colne, Marks Tey, Kelvedon & Coggeshall.

At Home Instead we value the amazing work that our Care Professionals do every day. In order to help you achieve the best for yourself and your clients we offer: 

• Competitive pay - from £13.65 per hour. Bank Holiday pay rates ££27.30 per hour.
• Minimum 1 hour calls– with client matching for continuity.
• Guaranteed contract from 10 hours per week part time to 25 hours per week full time. Various shifts from weekdays to evenings and weekends.
• Training - full induction programme where we provide award winning training and opportunities to develop your career further.
• Pension Scheme
• Employee referral bonus programme - £150 refer a friend scheme in place.
• Mileage and travel time -paid separately
• Other benefits including: Health Care cash plan, exclusive discounts scheme for shopping and utilities and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Help clients to remain happy, healthy and thriving in their own homes! Responsibilities may include:

• Companionship and wellbeing support
• Help with everyday tasks from cooking a meal to light housework
• Helping your client access their community by accompanying them to the shops or appointments
• Help with washing, dressing or bathing.

What Qualifications do you need?

You must have a full Driving Licence and have your own car.

No qualifications are necessary to apply for this Care Assistant position, you do however, need to have a kind heart and the want to make a difference to people's lives.

If you have experience as a Care Assistant, Support Worker, Carer, HCA, Health Care Assistant or in the NHS we would love to hear from you. However, if you do not have experience, we provide full training and encourage candidates from all sectors to apply.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Sudbury, Suffolk reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

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

"Apply" below to find out more. Discover how you can make a significant impact as a Care Assistant while maintaining a work-life balance.

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.