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Caregiver

Role overview

Summary

This role is for caregivers at Home Instead, focused on providing non-medical care and companionship to older clients. You will help clients live independently while building trust and rapport, ensuring they receive personalized support in their homes.

Qualifications

  • Friendly and approachable manner with a desire to help others.
  • Committed and reliable.
  • Full valid driving licence and access to your own car.
  • Willingness to work during the day, nights, and weekends.
  • Preferred: Previous care experience is not required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide non-medical services to clients in their homes
  • Build professional friendships with clients
  • Update the app on each visit for family member notifications
  • Work flexible shifts including days, nights, and weekends

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Compassion
  • Reliability
  • Trustworthiness
  • Friendliness
  • Politeness

About the company

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Home Instead UK

  • Home, Senior & Disability Care
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  • 10,001+
Here at Home Instead, our mission is to expand the world's capacity to care. Across the globe we care for thousands of older adults, helping them live well at home for longer. In the UK, we’re reaching more older people than ever with an expansive network of 240 independently owned and operated franchise offices who play a key role in their local community.What we doOur quality, award-winning home care services support wellbeing and allow older people to live independently at home in familiar surroundings. From personal care, companionship and home help to specialist dementia, end of life and Parkinson’s care, our CAREGivers can support a wide range of needs. Join our networkOwning a Home Instead franchise offers a truly rewarding opportunity in a growing market. We’re with you every step of the way guiding each franchisee throughout their journey, enabling them to grow a successful home care business that really does make a difference. Find out about our care services: www.homeinstead.co.uk Find out about our franchise opportunity: www.homeinstead.co.uk/franchise/

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Job description

Company Description

Home Instead is the world’s leading provider of non-medical care and companionship services for older people. With minimum visits of one hour, award winning training and an excellent reputation we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide. We match our caregivers to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support.

The Role/Benefits:

  • Pay rates from £13.50 per hour (Monday to Friday) and £14.00 per hour (Saturday and Sunday).
  • £27.00 per hour on 10 Bank Holidays.
  • Spend 1 hour or longer with every client, see the same clients at the same times every week!
  • Travel time between homes.
  • Progression opportunities into senior positions such as Senior Care Staff, Supervisor, Management & other business area's.
  • Update our app on each visit so family members can see how their loved ones are getting on throughout the day.
  • Rewarding pension scheme and employee social events.
  • A fantastic benefits package include access to our online discount portal which include many high street retailers.
  • No uniform required.
  • Different shifts available including weekdays, evenings and weekends
  • Full and Part-time roles available.

Job Description

We are looking for people with kind, compassionate hearts who want to make a true difference to the quality of life for our clients to join our team. As a caregiver, you will provide a variety of non-medical services to help them live independently in their own home.

You will have a passion for supporting others and pride yourself on delivering an outstanding service. You will be reliable, trustworthy and respectful. You will enjoy building professional friendships and comfortable in spending time in the company of others.

We are requiring Caregivers to work during the day, nights and weekends 

Qualifications

All we ask from you is:

  • A friendly and approachable manner with a desire to help others.
  • Committed and reliable; our clients will depend on you.
  • Full valid driving licence and access to your own car is required.

Previous care experience is not required, training and on-going support will be provided.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This role is subject to AccessNI for an enhanced check.

Job Types: Part Time, Zero hours contract

Additional Information

This position is based all around Belfast. We are requiring someone with full availability on weekends and evenings. This could lead to more hours/ days in the future if desired. 

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