Home Helper

**Age Concern Hampshire **_are looking for home helpers in Locksheath and surrounding areas with experience in cleaning or even care work._
- Do you want to make a real difference in older people’s lives? This role is flexible, and we have hours to suit you, _**this is a part time role**_._

**What is the Help at Home Service?**

This self-employed position of Home Helper is very rewarding and flexible. Our Home Helpers choose which clients to take on and once allocated, they visit the same clients regularly, so they get to know them. This is a part time role with flexible hours. Visits are booked for a minimum of one hour.

Our Home Helpers support our clients (aged 50+) with general cleaning, laundry and ironing, bed linen change, shopping, helping to cook a light meal or snack, prescription collection and companionship. **This role is Monday-Friday and there is no requirement to work in the evenings and during weekends. Personal care and moving and handling are not part of the Help at Home Service. This role would suit someone who**

The needs of the clients will be assessed by the Help at Home Co-ordinator prior to allocating the visit to ensure you are not expected to carry out work outside of your remit. You will be provided with guidance regarding keeping yourself and your client safe, including Covid19 safety guidance, and the Co-ordinator will inform you of any potential risks that have been identified in clients’ homes.

**Who can become a Home Helper for Age Concern Hampshire?**

We are looking for individuals who are:

- Compassionate and empathetic
- Excellent communicators and can build rapport easily
- Trustworthy, conscientious, reliable and punctual
- Flexible and able to show initiative
- Good listeners

Experience in either cleaning or caring lines of work is essential. Ideally you will have experience of working with older and disabled people, but most important is the desire to improve the lives of older people.

Home Helpers are registered self-employed and therefore responsible for paying their own tax, insurance and National Insurance contributions. No sick pay or holiday pay will be included. Work cannot be guaranteed starting out but schedules are gradually built up over a few months.

**All Home Helpers will need to hold a driver’s licence with own transportation.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: £13.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have a valid driving licence and own transportation?

**Experience**:

- cleaning: 1 year (required)
- Care work: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person