Care Assistant - Weekends

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Full & Part Time – Abicare Homecare

£14.24 per hour + PAID travel time between care calls

With Abicare, your travel time between clients is paid. This means you are not only paid for the time you spend providing care in a client’s home – you are also paid for your working time travelling between care visits.

Plus 35p per mile for drivers.

At Abicare, we’re looking for reliable, caring people who genuinely want to make a difference in their local community.

This role can be challenging at times, but it is also one of the most rewarding careers you can have.

Many of our carers have stayed with us for years because they feel supported, valued, and know their work matters.

Experience as a Care Assistant, Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Carer, Community Carer, Domiciliary Care Worker or Support Practitioner is welcomed but not essential.

We are looking for Care Assistants in Westbury and the surrounding areas, including Trowbridge, Warminster, Frome, Melksham and Bradford-on-Avon.

As a Community Healthcare Assistant, you will provide high-quality domiciliary care and home care support to clients within their own homes.

Your role may include:

• Personal care
• Medication support
• Companionship
• Meal preparation
• Dementia support
• Assisting with daily living
• Promoting independence and well-being
• Travelling between clients in the community

This is a community-based role where no two days are the same.

Flexible shifts available:

• Full-time
• Part-time
• Morning shifts
• Evening shifts
• Weekend availability

Typical care calls may begin from around 7 am.

We will work with your availability where possible, but flexibility is essential for this role.

• Caring and compassionate?
• Reliable and professional?
• Comfortable working independently?
• Looking for a rewarding career in care?

Whether you already have experience as a:

• Care Assistant
• Support Worker
• Healthcare Assistant
• Domiciliary Carer
• Community Carer

or are completely new to care, we would love to hear from you.

Full training provided.

• Right to work in the UK
• Ability to travel between clients within the community
• Full UK driving licence preferred in most areas
• Access to a vehicle is preferred in most areas
• Good communication skills
• Positive and patient approach

• £14.24 per hour inclusive of holiday pay
• Paid induction & training
• Paid travel time between care calls
• 35p per mile contribution
• £400 welcome bonus
• £200 refer-a-friend scheme
• Flexible working patterns
• Ongoing support from a friendly local team
• Career progression opportunities
• Full training
• Shadow shifts and ongoing development
• Support towards Care Certificate training

• Ability to work independently within the community
• Flexibility to work mornings, evenings and alternate weekends
• Comfortable travelling between client visits throughout the day

• Previous care experience (not essential)

Skills Needed

Adaptability to Change, Providing Care, Empathy

Why work with Abicare?

Care work can be incredibly rewarding, but we also know what makes the job difficult.

That’s why we try to be clear about what you can expect from us.

• Paid travel time between care calls
• Mileage support for drivers
• Flexible working patterns
• Paid induction and training
• Shadow shifts before working independently
• Ongoing training and development
• Local teams you can turn to for support
• Opportunities to progress your career
• Employee recognition and referral rewards

You don’t need years of experience to join us. If you have the right attitude and genuinely care about helping people, we can teach you the rest.

Abicare has been providing care since 2006, with teams across England and Wales. Many of our…