We are Home Instead Windsor, Runnymede and West Spelthorne ; a local company that provides CQC Outstanding care for seniors and those who need support to live happily, healthily and independently in the comfort of their own homes. We are looking for Care Professionals to join our growing team to deliver relationship-led care to our lovely local clients.
This role is salaried contract role, with average earnings of £21.3k per annum, pro-rata.
* Do you have a warm heart and caring nature?
* Do you have professional or personal experience giving or receiving care?
* Are you looking for a professional, rewarding and fulfilling career?
For us, home care means keeping people independent and where they are the happiest - in their own homes, surrounded by their memories in their own environment. It means giving our team the training, support and the time that they need to provide only the highest quality of care for clients, that focuses on companionship and not the task.
Job Description
As a Care Professional with Home Instead Windsor, Runnymede, and West Spelthorne you will be responsible for the ongoing support of your regular clients, ensuring that we are delivering high-quality care in our clients homes and living up to our mission to improve the lives of those giving and receiving care.
Your time with your clients will include:
* Companionship – we always make time for a chat over a cuppa.
* Help our clients around the house like washing up, laundry and preparing simple meals – encouraging to do together.
* Support with Personal Care like getting washed and dressed for the morning.
* Social Calls, appointments, clubs & hobbies
* Shopping trips and light gardening
* Prompting & assisting your client with their medication.
Care as a Care Professional; The Home Instead Difference.
Work for a 5 Star Employer, operating locally for over 10 years, rated CQC ‘outstanding’ and under the umbrella of the UK’s leading and most trusted Home Care Franchise. This means we can offer the best rates, training, support and model of relationship-led care that is mutually beneficial for all involved, the client, their family, and our Care Professional.
We are offering:
* Salaried contracts – Great rates of pay, from £22k pro-rata.
* Typical shift patterns - You are generally a morning or an evening person so you can choose for example first thing to mid-afternoon, or an evening i.e. 5pm – 10pm. We ask you to commit to undertaking 4 weekday shifts, & every other weekend.
* Opportunity for overtime: Overnights (£110 per night). Just one overnight visit per week = an additional £5,000 annually! Two nights a week? That's an additional £10,500 annually. Also, extra weekends 8am – 2pm– £110 per weekend/ 5pm – 10pm £132 per weekend.
* Choose preferred shift times morning – afternoon, afternoon to evening, and weekend only.
* 20 days paid holiday plus 8 paid bank holidays (pro-rata).
* Travel paid at 30p per mile, adjusted in-line with inflation, plus local clients to minimise travel / option to cycle to clients.
* Award winning, accredited training as standard - time and qualification paid for by Home Instead.
* DBS (police check) organised and paid for.
* Free PPE
* Minimum of 1-hour visits to clients, and no uniform as we believe it’s more friendly that way
* Regular support visits, team meetings and client What’s App groups.
* Plus the fun stuff - lots of little treats for special occasions, and team socials; coffee mornings, evening socials, and a variety of activities.
* A pension scheme is offered to employees who are eligible.
* Employee Assistant Programme & Home Instead Benefits.
Qualifications
What we ask for from our Care Professionals
* Live locally.
* A full driving licence and have full use of a car.
* Highly reliable and ability to commit to regular contracted hours every week, including every other weekend.
* The right to work in the UK. DBS will be applied for or by us.
* A warm heart and caring nature.
* Professional or personal experience giving or receiving care valued.
Additional Information
Our commitment to our Care Professionals
It is of the upmost importance that we carefully attract and select the best quality people. We are dedicated to expertly train, professionally develop and handsomely reward our care giving workforce. At Home Instead we commit to:
* Choosing the right people for the role
* Putting our people into environments they will succeed in
* Giving them the tools to excel at their job
* Providing the training, support to progress
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. Our wonderful team all share this commitment. This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure and satisfactory reference check.