Care Assistant
- Full-time
- Region: East of England
Company Description
🌟 Care Assistants – Join Our Basildon Team! 🌟
✨ Brighter days. Fresh challenges. Real impact. ✨
At Guardian Homecare (Part of the CCH Group), every day is different—and every day gives you the chance to do meaningful, rewarding work that truly changes people’s lives. 💙
We are looking for Care Professionals to join our supportive Basildon branch team, providing high-quality care to clients across the local area.
📍 Work Locations
We proudly support clients across: 🏡 Stanford-Le-Hope | 🌳 North Benfleet | 🌆 Pitsea 🌄 Langdon Hills | 🏙️ Basildon | 🌿 Rayleigh ✨ And surrounding areas
🚗 Note: Access to a vehicle is required due to the geographical nature of the role.
💰 Pay & Financial Security
Competitive Pay: Starting from £12.21 - £12.75 per hour .(Depending on the shift)
Paid Training: All induction and ongoing training is fully paid.
Stability: Be part of the UK’s largest home care provider.
⏰ Flexible Shift Patterns
We offer shifts to suit your lifestyle, including:
- Morning shifts: 7:00/8:00 AM – 3:00/4:00 PM
- Evening shifts: 3:00/4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Sleep-in / Waking nights: 9:00 PM – 7:00 AM
Full-time, part-time, weekdays, and weekends available.
Job Description
💙 What You’ll Be Doing Day to Day
As a Care Professional, you’ll help clients live safely, comfortably, and independently in their own homes:
- 💧 Personal Care: Assisting with washing, dressing, toileting, and incontinence support.
- 💊 Medication Support: Helping clients manage their prescriptions safely.
- 🍲 Meal Preparation: Assisting with cooking and nutrition.
- 🛒 Practical Tasks: Shopping and light housekeeping (laundry, tidying).
- 💬 Companionship: Providing vital emotional support and a friendly face.
- 📜 Care Planning: Following personalised plans designed to promote dignity and independence.
Qualifications
🦸 What You’ll Need
You don’t need care experience—just the passion to help others. ✅ Genuine compassion and reliability ✅ Willingness to learn new skills ✅ Good communication and teamwork ✅ The right to work in the UK
Additional Information
🎁 What You’ll Receive (The Perks)
We offer the stability, career progression, and support only a national care group can provide:
- 🌼 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
- 🎓 Full paid training & continuous development
- 👶 Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay
- 🛡️ Death in Service payment
- 💰 Pension scheme
- 💆 Access to wellbeing & benefits platform
- 🎉 Refer-a-Friend scheme
- 🚴 Cycle-to-Work programme
- 🏢 Stability: Be part of the UK’s largest home care provider.