Care assistant, St Albans
£13.50 per hour, guaranteed hours contracts, paid travel time and travel expenses
Part time or full time hours available
We’re looking for domiciliary carers to join our visiting care team in St Albans. With a GUARANTEED minimum number of hours paid per week, plus PAID TRAVEL TIME and paid travel expenses, we reward our carers for the incredible work they do!
If you have worked as a domiciliary carer, health care assistant, been a carer in a care home or hospital, then we’d love to speak with you about joining our visiting care team in the St Albans area. Rest assured, we pay for your travel and the time that you spend travelling. When you choose to work with us, you will be supporting our clients to stay in the homes they cherish. You’ll be providing care, typically to an older person, enabling them to live well in their own home and community. Promoting choice and independence through tailored one-to-one care, the role of a carer is both fulfilling and rewarding.
We care about the things you care about:
We don’t do zero hours contracts. When you work with us you will be given a guaranteed hours contract based on your availability. This is a commitment from us to pay you a guaranteed minimum number of hours per week - regardless of how many care calls you do and many of our carers choose to work more than the minimum hours. Options currently include up to 25 hours guaranteed per week, with availability required at weekends.
We offer:
Minimum of 1 hour visits - zero 15 or 30 minute calls, giving you more time to care for your client
Competitive pay rate - £13.50 per hour. PLUS you’ll be paid for the time it takes to travel between calls, plus we’ll pay your travel expenses
Annual salary review
FREE Blue Light Card
Free induction training with opportunities to further develop your knowledge through our ongoing training courses
Employee assistance programme - supporting you in times of need
FREE Enhanced DBS at induction
24/7 on call support
Generous ‘Refer A Friend’ Scheme
Holiday pay and workplace pension scheme
About the role:
You will be visiting clients in their own homes, working as a domiciliary carer with a minimum call time of 1 hour.
Following an individual client care plan, you will assist with:
Supporting clients with their personal care
Administering medication
Light housework
Preparing healthy meals
Accompanying clients to appointments and social outings
Supporting clients to pursue their interests and hobbies
Offering specialised care for people living with conditions such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, stroke and other conditions, as well as end of life care
We’re looking for:
A driver with access to their own vehicle
3 month's professional care experience
Household management skills e.g. cleaning, hoovering and keeping a home tidy
Ability to work effectively within time allocated
Reliable and punctual
Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
IT skills – able to use a computer / laptop and online systems
Please note you must already have the right to work in the UK, we cannot assist with any sponsorship or visa requests.
If you’re naturally friendly, with a desire to make a positive difference to your client’s life, we want to hear from you!
Through our existing award winning sister brands; The Good Care Group and Oxford Aunts, we know exactly what it takes to provide professional, person-centred care. And that is the same sentiment we have for Cherished Home Care.
Please note any successful applicants for this role will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check for working with adults. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group.
At Cherished Home Care, we pride ourselves on delivering care in a way that is meaningful. We want to give our clients choice, how they spend their day and have flexibility over who visits them. We believe that remaining in the comfort of your home surrounded by the many memories and comforts you know and love is something to be cherished.
Established in 2023, our aim is to be the home care provider of choice in local areas across the United Kingdom.
We are starting our journey by offering person-centred live-in and hourly care across London, with a vision to extend our services throughout the United Kingdom.
Cherished Home Care is well-equipped in achieving this, by having the same leadership team as our sister companies, The Good Care Group and Oxford Aunts. Together, these two brands have over 70 years of experience in the industry and have earned acclaim and recognition for their exceptional care through glowing CQC inspections and numerous industry awards. Their knowledge and expertise is shared with us to be delivered directly to our clients.
We believe that having the opportunity to keep your independence and remain in the comfort of your own home is the preferred option for many. For our clients to remain happy at home, our approach is to ensure continuity of care, by offering longer rota patterns so that our clients can have the same carers visiting their home over an extensive period of time, which they may not receive from another care provider. This will allow you to build strong, lasting relationships and to improve their quality of life – it’s all about choice.