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Home Instead UK

Care Assistant

Home Instead UK

. Provide companionship and emotional support .

Posted 11/12/2026part-timeSt Helens • United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £13 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates the ability to provide companionship and emotional support while assisting clients with personal care and daily routines. Builds trusted relationships with clients and their families to encourage independence and enhance quality of life.

Highest-signal resume keywords
CompanionshipPersonal Care AssistanceMeal PreparationMedication SupportClient Relationship Building

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Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Soft Skills
KindnessCompassionReliabilityPatienceDesire To Help Others
Industry Keywords
Client IndependenceEmotional SupportDaily RoutinesLight Household TasksLocal Outings

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide companionship and emotional support
  • Support clients to remain independent at home
  • Assist with meal preparation and hydration
  • Support personal care, including washing, dressing and toileting, with dignity and respect
  • Assist with medication in line with care plans
  • Help with light household tasks
  • Assist with local outings
  • Build trusted relationships with clients and their families
  • Encourage client independence and support daily routines

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • No formal qualifications in care are required
  • No previous care experience required
  • Kindness
  • Compassion
  • Reliability
  • Patience
  • A genuine desire to help others
  • Drivers eligible for mileage allowance

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexibility around your availability – working patterns to suit you
  • Opportunities for career progression
  • Fully funded Enhanced DBS checks
  • 40p per mile – mileage allowance for drivers
  • Access to online discounts and rewards
  • Introductions and shadow visits before working with new clients
  • Regular schedules with consistent, carefully matched clients
  • Paid training and ongoing support
  • Award-winning and industry-leading training and support
  • E-learning, in-house workshops and ongoing office-based training