Live in Care Professional

Home Instead Chesterfield is a leading provider of non-medical care and companionship services for older people. With award-winning training and an excellent reputation, we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide. We are passionate about creating a supportive and rewarding workplace where our team can thrive while making a real difference to people's lives.

Please Note: This placement is supporting a lovely client who has requested a driver with daily access to a car.

As a Live-In Care Professional, you will live in the Clients home for an agreed period of time on a rota system (e.g. 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off). Your role will be to provide care and companionship for a daily average of 10 hours per day as well as sleeping there overnight. You will have a 2 hour break each day (normally in the afternoon).

During your placement you will be required to support your Client with daily living which can include: assistance with morning and bedtime routines, meal preparation, personal care, administering medication, companionship, general household tasks and taking the Client out into the community.

Our Live In Care Package includes:

• Daily pay rate of £130

• Weekly expense allowance of £35

• Travel to and from your placement paid at 35p per mile up to a maximum of £100

• Paid mileage at 55p per mile for journeys undertaken with or on behalf of the client.

• Paid Holidays

• Paid Training

• Workplace Pension scheme

• Work for a professional company, focused on providing the best quality of care

• Employee Assistance Programme providing 24/7 advice, resources, and information to support your wellbeing.

• Refer a friend scheme, earning up to £150 per referral (terms and conditions apply)

• Monthly Care Professional recognition award

• Employee Discount Scheme giving you discounts on your favourite brands and days out

• On-Call support

• Full PPE provided

Requirements

• A full UK driving licence and daily access to a car, as requested by the client.

• Minimum of 1 year experience working in an adult care or live in care role

• Must have a clear enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check.

• Right to work in the UK

• Good level of spoken and written English

To become a Live-in Care Professional, you will complete a full learning and development programme and ongoing support and training will be provided.

We are looking for kind and compassionate people who:

• Have a passion for supporting others and pride themselves on delivering an outstanding service.

• Competent and confident individuals.

• Are reliable, trustworthy and respectful.

• Enjoy building professional friendships and are comfortable spending time in the company of others.

If you're looking for work which is extremely rewarding, we would love to hear from you. Please contact our friendly recruitment team on 01246 580187.

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 and expects all staff to share this commitment. This role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure.