Care Assistant in Redbourn

Pay Rate: £14.60 - £16.00 per hour plus 30p mileage.

Work Location: We welcome applications from drivers based in and around the surrounding areas. Shifts work across seven days a week. EVENING – 2:00 pm – 10:00/11:00 pm

Role & Responsibilities

Our Care Professionals are the extraordinary people who do the everyday things that mean so much to our clients. Supporting them to live safer and supported lives in their own homes, you’ll follow individual care plans and assist with personal care, helping clients to bathe, dress, manage incontinence, use the toilet and supporting them with their medication. You’ll also help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes, and housework. Helping our clients overcome any mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including helping in the use of, and care of aids/adaptations and personal equipment. Assisting with domestic tasks such as making and changing beds, tidying rooms, light cleaning, laundry, and emptying commodes.

Our Care Professionals help our clients with personal care such as washing, bathing and toileting arrangements. Help with eating and drinking by preparing meals, snacks, and drinks, assisting with feeding if required. Assisting clients with preparing and administering medication.

What else you’ll help with

• Companionship – being a friendly face & preventing loneliness through engaging conversations, activities, and outings.
• Personal Care – all aspects of personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting, while maintaining the client's dignity and privacy.
• Medication Management – collecting prescriptions, providing reminders, and assisting with the administration of medication as per care plan guidelines.
• Nutrition and Mealtimes – preparing tasty and nutritious meals, considering dietary requirements and preferences, and assisting with feeding when necessary.
• Housekeeping – keeping their home just the way they like it, including light cleaning, laundry, and tidying up living spaces.
• Mobility Assistance – help with getting around safely, including transfers, walking support, and using mobility aids.
• Health Monitoring – observing and reporting changes in the client's physical or mental condition to healthcare professionals and family members.
• Social Inclusion – encouraging and facilitating participation in community activities and maintaining connections with family and friends.
• Emotional Support – providing a listening ear, empathy, and reassurance to clients experiencing anxiety, loneliness, or distress.
• Documentation – maintaining accurate records of care provided, incidents, and any changes in the client's condition.
• Safety and Emergency Response – ensuring a safe living environment, recognising potential hazards, and responding appropriately to emergencies.
• Collaboration – working effectively with other care team members, healthcare professionals, and family members to ensure comprehensive and consistent care.

Qualifications

What you’ll need (besides a cape and superpowers!) Hold onto your hats, because you don't need any social care experience to join our merry band of care crusaders! We're more interested in your heart of gold and your ability to sprinkle kindness wherever you go. You'll need to be resilient and eager to learn. In addition, you need to show compassion, effective communication skills, problem‑solving abilities and a commitment to delivering top‑notch, respectful care.

Have a right to work within the UK. Have a driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Benefits

• Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay.
• Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement.
• Death in Service Payment.
• Benefits and Well‑being Platform.
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Refer a friend scheme – earn £300 per referral.
• Blue Light Card eligibility – exclusive staff discounts at major brands.
• Flexible hours, part and full time available.
• Local work and paid mileage.
• Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays.
• Paid training – online and face to face.
• Self‑development – progression opportunities.
• Access to our in‑house app.
• No experience necessary.

We’re an equal opportunities employer.