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🩺 Health & Social Care · City & County Healthcare

Care Assistant

Listing ref 33c13e18c1

💙 What You’ll Be Doing You’ll help vulnerable clients live safely, comfortably, and independently in their own homes. Following personalised care plans designed to promote dignity and wellbeing, your responsibilities will include:

  • 💧 Personal care (washing, dressing, toileting, and incontinence support)
  • 💊 Medication support * 🍲 Meal preparation and assistance
  • 🛒 Shopping and practical daily errands
  • 🧹 Light housekeeping (laundry, tidying, cleaning)
  • 💬 Companionship and emotional support

🦸 What You’ll Need (Besides a Cape!) You don’t need formal care experience! The skills you’ve gained from raising a family, caring for loved ones, or running a household are exactly what makes a brilliant Care Professional. Full, paid training is provided. We’re looking for:

  • ✅ Genuine empathy, compassion, and respect for others
  • ✅ Reliability and a naturally caring nature
  • ✅ Willingness to learn new skills
  • ✅ Great communication and a collaborative team spirit
  • ✅ The right to work in the UK (Please note: As an employer, we are unfortunately unable to offer Visa sponsorship).

🎁 What You’ll Receive (The Perks)

We offer the stability, career progression, and support only a national care group can provide:

  • 🌼 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
  • 🎓 Full paid training & continuous development
  • 👶 Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay
  • 🛡️ Death in Service payment
  • 💰 Pension scheme
  • 💆 Access to wellbeing & benefits platform
  • 🎉 Refer-a-Friend scheme
  • 🚴 Cycle-to-Work programme
  • 🏢 Stability: Be part of the UK’s largest home care provider.

What this role involves

General background for care worker roles. This listing’s own employer, location, pay and hours are shown above.

  • Notify senior staff of any concerns over clients' health and wellbeing
  • Keep client records and care plans up to date
  • Chat with clients and get to know their background, interests and needs
Typical pay (UK)
£20,000 starting · £25,000 experienced
Typical hours
35 to 45 a week
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Career background: National Careers Service · Open Government Licence v3.0

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