{"id":346342,"date":"2025-11-03T08:47:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/?page_id=346342"},"modified":"2025-12-30T11:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:11:22","slug":"care-assistant-jobs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/jobs\/care-assistant-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Care assistant jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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What is a care assistant?<\/h2>\n \n

A care assistant supports customers with personal care, household duties and companionship.<\/p>\n \n \n

Our local visiting care services support people to live independently in the comfort of their own home. By doing this, you’ll be providing them with an invaluable service that enables them to continue residing in the home they know and love. What\u2019s more, they can live life in the way they choose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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What does a home care assistant do?<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Healthy, nutritious and tasty meals can play a key role in enjoying a better quality of life. Your customers might ask you to cook a full meal for them or just prepare a light bite.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Customers living with medical conditions may need assistance with medication; we’ll make sure you’re fully trained in helping to adminster it safely and appropriately.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This can include things like helping a customer to bathe, toilet and dress, and assisting them in matters of personal hygiene.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Many of our customers aren’t able to get out and about as much as they’d like, so they may ask you to pick up some groceries or head to the post office on their behalf.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Customers with more complex health conditions may require clinical care, where you may work alongside a qualified nurse to deliver a more specialised type of support.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Household chores can include tasks like vacuuming, doing the laundry, cleaning and other time-consuming activities which our less mobile customers need assistance with.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sometimes, a customer’s most pressing need is simply a bit of friendly company. Whether it’s enjoying a cup of tea and cake or helping them to finish their jigsaw puzzle, companionship can do the world of good.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Some of our customers own pets which they’re not fully able to take care of themselves, so there may be times when you’re asked to take their furry friends for a walk or top up their water bowl.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If a customer is living with a physical disability, a limiting medical condition or age-related frailty, they may need help moving around the house – particularly with getting in and out of bed and visiting the bathroom.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Pay and benefits in home care assistance<\/h2>\n \n

We pay \u219116% more than the national average for carers in the UK<\/p>\n \n \n

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We pay a higher wage than other home care companies across the UK*<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tell us when you\u2019re available so that work fits around your lifestyle<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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You’ll get access to thousands of bargains with a FREE Blue Light card<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Your application process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After you\u2019ve applied for a position that works for you, you\u2019re just four simple steps away from starting your new role:<\/h4>\n\n<\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Interview process<\/h3>\n

A member of our recruitment team will contact you for an interview<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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We\u2019ll need to do a thorough DBS check, and we\u2019ll ask you to provide us with two or more external references<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Following your interview, we\u2019ll invite you to an assessment day at a centre local to you<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Shadow an existing carer while you settle in<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

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Your personal development<\/h2>\n \n

Grow your career in care with our training and development opportunities<\/p>\n \n \n

At Helping Hands, carers are at the very heart of who we are. That\u2019s why we don\u2019t just offer introductory skills development; we invest in your career with regular, ongoing training opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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From injuries to CPR, learn how to tend to a customer in an emergency<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Family-led and exceptional standards of care with kindness at the core<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This can include things like helping a customer to bathe, toilet and dress, and assisting them in matters of personal hygiene.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Keeping your customer safe and knowing the warning signs to look out for<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Safe handling of medication, recording, management and reporting errors<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hoisting, using mobility aids and assisting your customer to move around their home safely<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Learning new skills, developing your knowledge and progressing your career in care<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n We are committed to looking after our carers as well as we look after our customers. Being a carer is so much more than just a job. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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