Care Assistant

Company Description:

Become Someone's Favourite Part of Their Day

Could a friendly chat and a helping hand be the highlight of someone's day? With Home Instead St Helens, your kindness can make a real difference to older adults in your local community.

We're looking for caring, compassionate people to join our team and help older adults feel supported, valued and independent in their own homes. You don't need care experience—just a genuine desire to help. We'll provide the training and support to get you started.

As a Care Professional, you'll help clients with companionship, meal preparation, medication and local outings. You'll also support personal care, including washing, dressing and toileting, always with dignity and respect while encouraging independence.

Most importantly, you'll build meaningful relationships that help our clients enjoy life to the fullest. Whether you're sharing stories, supporting a daily routine, or simply being a reassuring presence, you'll become someone they look forward to seeing each day.

Why Join Home Instead?

Since 2012, Home Instead St Helens has been providing high-quality, relationship-led care across the local community. As a family-run business, we believe our Care Professionals are the heart of everything we do and deserve to feel valued, supported and appreciated.

What We Offer

• £13 per hour for making a difference in your community
• Flexibility around your availability – working patterns to suit you
• Opportunities for career progression – grow your career with us
• Fully funded Enhanced DBS checks
• 40p per mile – mileage allowance for drivers
• Extra perks – access to online discounts and rewards
• Get to know new clients first – introductions and shadow visits before working with them
• Regular schedules – consistent clients, carefully matched based on personalities, interests and hobbies
• Paid training and ongoing support – help to get started and keep developing
• Award Winning and Industry-leading training and support - with access to e-learning, in-house workshops and ongoing office-based training to help you grow in confidence and develop your career

Job Description:

Your Responsibilities

• Providing companionship and emotional support
• Supporting clients to remain independent at home
• Assisting with meal preparation and hydration
• Supporting personal care with dignity and respect
• Assisting with medication in line with care plans
• Helping with light household tasks
• Building trusted relationships with clients and their families

Our Care Professionals are companions, confidants and trusted support for the people they care for. Through our relationship-led approach, you'll have the time to build genuine connections and make a lasting difference every day

Qualifications:

No formal qualifications in care are required as full industry leading training is given.

Additional Information:

What We're Looking For

You don't need previous care experience. We provide all the training and support you need to succeed.

The qualities we value most are:

• Kindness
• Compassion
• Reliability
• Patience
• A genuine desire to help others

We're looking for kind people, not perfect CVs.

We are committed to helping our Care Professionals develop and succeed. Whether you're looking for a rewarding role alongside family commitments or hoping to build a long-term career in care, we offer ongoing training, support and opportunities to progress within the business. Many of our office team and leaders started their journey as Care Professionals themselves