Home Care Assistant

Location: Scarborough area, Home Instead

Salary: £12.21 per hour - increasing to £13.00 per hour after 12 weeks probation.

Contract Type: Relief

Hours/working patterns: Relief

We have excellent working hours which are: 8am start and 2pm finish OR 4pm start and 9pm finish, or longer days.

Are you a team player?

Are you methodical, driven, hard working and determined?

Are you a kind and compassionate person looking for a new chapter in your career?

Then we want to hear from you

We have an excellent career opportunity for the role of Home Care Assistant to join our amazing team here at Home Instead based in Scarborough and surrounding areas.

Company Description

Home Instead is the world's leading provider of non-medical care and companionship services for 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 care Professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support. Home Instead is a family-owned business providing the standard of care and support.

Job Description

We're looking for people with the personality and passion to build great relationships with our clients.

Our clients trust us. They will rely on you to listen carefully to what they need, take an interest in them, and deliver excellent care. If you enjoy interacting with individuals and want to pursue an opportunity to make a difference in peoples lives, caregiving might be the career for you.

The central and most important part of a care professional role with home instead is offering companionship and conversation. Each of our care professional's is matched to a client based on mutual interests and hobbies to encourage a strong relationship to develop.

We believe you need this understanding and bond to be able to care for someone as if they were a member of your own family. Indeed, many of our care professionals do not have formal experience of working as a carer before they join our team but have looked after a family member and want to make a difference to a person's life by using the experience they have gained.

Our service is companionship led and so a considerable responsibility of a care professional is to stimulate and encourage the client through a range of different activities that sustain or improve their quality of life. A care professional's responsibilities can also include accompanying clients to appointments and social events, light housekeeping, planning and preparing meals and helping with daily living routines including assisting with personal care.

We are looking for friendly, kind, compassionate people who like to spend time with people and build a friendly but professional relationship.

Qualifications

You do not need any experience or particular qualifications to become a care professional. However, it would be useful to have some experience of working in a care setting or interacting with people. This could be personal experience of caring for a family member or voluntary experience. 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.

Benefits / Package

Market leading hourly wage of £12.21 per hour - Increasing to £13.00 per hour after 12 weeks probation.

Minimum 1 hour visits with each client

Paid travel allowance in between calls (at the same rate) 45p per mile travel expenses

Your MOT paid for each year

Investment in your personal development - level 2 and 3 supported

Staff holiday home - you get to use our holiday home in Northumberland

Employee referral bonus programme - £250 for each referral A well-established homecare provider who invests in their team

A growing company making a huge difference in people's lives everyday.

Excellent management and supportive staff.

Ongoing training and development.

Career progression opportunities.

We really care about our workforce.

*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 adults at risk.*

*We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk*

If you feel this is the role for you, please contact Lara on or email for further information.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for more than one of our vacancies, you will only need submit ONE application. You can state in the 'Supporting Evidence' section of your application the other roles you would like to be considered for, but any suitable roles will be discussed with you.

Together we can Make Care Matter.

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Home Care Assistant

Salary: £20,000 - £30,000

Posted: 01/11/2025

Closing date: 14/11/2025

Closing time: 23:59