Care Assistant – Home Care
Posted 7hrs ago
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Job Description
Part-time Care Assistant visiting older clients in Wigan homes. Providing companionship, personal care, meal support, medication reminders, and wellbeing assistance.
Responsibilities:
- Provide companionship and emotional support
- Help older people remain safe and independent at home
- Support clients with personal care while maintaining dignity and respect
- Assist with meal preparation and encourage healthy eating
- Provide medication reminders in line with care plans
- Support clients with daily routines and wellbeing
- Build positive, trusting relationships with clients and their families
- Visit clients in their own homes and deliver personalised, person-centred care
Requirements:
- Full UK driving licence
- Access to reliable transport
- Genuine passion for supporting older people
- Kind, caring and compassionate
- Patient, reliable and trustworthy
- Good communication skills and enjoyment of spending time with older people
- Respect for people's independence, privacy and dignity
- Passion for providing high-quality care and companionship
- Previous care experience is desirable but not essential
- No formal care qualifications are required; full training is provided
Benefits:
- Double pay on bank holidays
- Mileage paid at up to 45p per mile
- Fully funded DBS and pre-employment checks
- Paid training and a comprehensive onboarding programme
- Award-winning training and ongoing development
- Enhanced company pension scheme
- Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible working patterns to suit your availability
- Minimum one-hour care visits – no rushed 15 or 30-minute calls
- Consistent client matching to build trusted relationships
- A supportive team that values and appreciates its Care Assistants















