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Care Assistant
Home Instead UK. Visit clients in their own homes and provide personalised care and support .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates the ability to provide compassionate, relationship-led care while supporting clients' independence and wellbeing. Capable of building meaningful relationships and ensuring clients feel safe and comfortable in their own homes.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Personal Care AssistanceMedication SupportMeal PreparationClient Relationship BuildingFull UK Driving Licence
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Personal Care AssistanceMedication SupportMeal Preparation
Soft Skills
KindnessCompassionPatienceGood CommunicationReliability
Industry Keywords
Home CareClient IndependenceWellbeing SupportRelationship-Led Care
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- 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
What you’ll need- 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
Comp & perks- £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