Care Assistant

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Part-time Home Instead Care Assistant providing companionship and personalised home care for older adults in Chorley and Adlington. Supporting independence, medication routines, meals and personal care.

Responsibilities:

  • Visit clients in their own homes and provide personalised care and support
  • Provide companionship and build meaningful relationships with clients
  • Support older people and adults to remain independent in their own homes
  • Assist with personal care while maintaining dignity, privacy and respect
  • Provide medication reminders and support medication routines according to care plans and training
  • Prepare nutritious meals and support healthy eating
  • Help clients maintain daily routines and wellbeing
  • Ensure clients feel safe, comfortable and supported
  • Encourage independence and support each individual's personal needs and preferences
  • Provide unhurried, relationship-led care

Requirements:

  • No previous care experience or qualifications are required
  • Kind, caring and compassionate
  • Patient, understanding and respectful
  • Reliable, trustworthy and punctual
  • Good communicator who enjoys meeting people
  • Passionate about helping others
  • Committed to providing high-quality care
  • Able to work independently and as part of a friendly team
  • Full UK driving licence
  • Access to your own reliable vehicle
  • Availability to work alternate weekends, or weekend-only shifts if applying for weekend work

Benefits:

  • £30.00 per hour on Bank Holidays – enhanced double-time pay
  • Paid induction and training days
  • Paid online training completed in your own home
  • Subsidised fuel allowance and paid mileage
  • Fully funded Care Certificate qualification
  • Fully funded DBS application
  • £150–£300 Refer a Friend bonus
  • Award-winning training and career development opportunities
  • Personal employee awards and recognition
  • Exclusive employee discounts and Home Instead benefits
  • Blue Light Card discounts
  • Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing and work-life support
  • Workplace pension scheme
  • A friendly, inclusive and supportive team