Home Care Assistant

Introduction

Abbots Care is an award‑winning Care Provider who places their Service Users and care teams at the centre of our service.

We provide round‑the‑clock care packages to support people including children, young people and adults who have long‑term health conditions to live in the comfort and safety of their own home.

Please note that you must have the right to work in the UK. We cannot not accept overseas applicants.

We are on the lookout for positive like‑minded individuals to help support our young female client with day‑to‑day care needs when living with her neurological condition. This is a fantastic opportunity to truly make a positive difference to somebody else’s life and to assist our client to achieve their goals and aspirations. Therefore, this job offers the prospect of meaning and job satisfaction.

Our client lives in a village on the outskirts of Welwyn Garden City and requires support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with both day and night carers. She will require support with all daily living and social activities as she is a wheelchair user and has physical impairment.

She requires regular catheter care, assistance with personal care and bowel management, due to being paralysed from the waist down.

• Day‑to‑day living tasks
• Catheter support and personal care if needed
• Attending her workplace in London twice a week
• Social activities
• Meeting up with friends and family
• Being a companion and supporting with hobbies and interests such as cooking, reading, going to the theatre and visiting different countries on holidays.

Experience of working within the care sector is desired but a real interest and passion in supporting people with disabilities to live fulfilled lives is essential. We provide an extensive training programme including the Care Certificate as well as complex care training.

The ideal candidate must have a driving license as they will be required to drive a manual mobility car.

• To be physically fit, calm, patient, friendly and caring
• Good organisational skills and the ability to work on your own initiative
• Personable with a proactive attitude to work
• Experience with spinal injury clients or similar
• Good communication skills
• To be fluent in English
• To be clean and tidy in both your appearance and ways
• Full UK driving licence

We are offering both 0‑hour contracts and full‑time guaranteed hours of up to 40hrs per week.

Working hours are between 7am‑7pm – 12‑hour shifts, including weekends.

• Outstanding learning and development opportunities
• Paid induction and shadowing
• Enhanced DBS paid by Abbots Care
• Blue Light Discount to use in restaurants and high‑street stores
• Paid ongoing development and diplomas
• Access to our brand‑new Care Worker Wellbeing App and rewards.

• Feeling of reward – There is no better feeling than knowing you have made a difference to someone’s day, week or even month.
• Flexibility – We understand the importance of having a work‑life balance.
• Variety – No day is ever the same and this truly is a special part of working in care.
• Real qualifications – Unlike other care providers, we offer a full range of training and opportunities to gain qualifications, and we also pay for your training course as well as the time you have spent training with us.
• Perks – There are plenty of reasons you will love working with us, from our competitive pay rates to our market‑leading mileage pay. We have a fantastic management team and operate an open‑door policy in our branches.
• Family culture – When you join Abbots Care, you join a family like no other. We pride ourselves on the quality of the staff we employ, and when you join us, you will receive absolute best training and ongoing support to help you in your role.