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Care Assistant in Orpington / Petts Wood / Borough Green

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As a CARE Professional at Shoreham, Petts Wood & Longfield, you will travel to clients’ homes and provide a range of care services that enable them to continue living independently in their own homes.

At Home Instead, we provide non-medical services (personal care, house-help and companionship), and we’re looking for people with kind, compassionate hearts who want to make a genuine difference to our clients’ quality of life.

Some necessary requirements include:

  • Weekend availability
  • A full UK driving licence

This role could involve:

  • Morning routines, including personal care such as bathing
  • Evening routines before bed
  • Helping with jobs around the home
  • Cooking meals
  • Taking clients shopping or to appointments
  • Driving them to day centres, church, or local activities
  • Encouraging hobbies and interests
  • Or simply providing them with company and companionship 💜

✨ New Roles Available ✨

You don’t need formal experience or qualifications—we provide full training. What matters most is your kindness, compassion, and reliability.

Helpful experience could include:

  • Personal experience caring for a family member or volunteering
  • A passion for supporting others and delivering outstanding service
  • Being trustworthy, respectful, and dependable
  • Enjoying building meaningful friendships and spending time with others

Senior Care Professional (20 hours contract)

    • Evening and weekend availability required
    • Includes on-call cover
    • A great opportunity to step up and support both clients and colleagues

Weekend Care Professional (15 hours contract)

    • Weekend availability required
    • Perfect for someone seeking consistent hours while making a difference

You do not need any experience or particular qualifications to become a CARE Professional. However, it would be useful to have some experience of working in a care setting or interacting with older people. Possible experience for the role would include:

  • A personal experience of caring for a family member or voluntary experience.
  • Passion for supporting others and pride yourself on delivering an outstanding service.
  • Reliable, trustworthy and respectful.
  • Enjoying building professional friendships and comfortable in spending time in the company of others.

What this role involves

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

  • Keep client records and care plans up to date
  • Chat with clients and get to know their background, interests and needs
  • Help with washing, dressing and personal care
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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