Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £13.50 to £15.00 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 July 2025 |
| Location: | Ware, Hertfordshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | HCPA |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | HCPA004387 |
Summary
About the Company
Freedom Care (Herts) Ltd is seeking a Care Assistant for our family run business covering the Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Hoddesdon, Ware and Stansted Abbots areas. We provide personal care, medication, nutrition and fluids, light housework duties, companionship visits and helping client's access the community. We pride ourselves with providing person-centred care at all times, and at a high standard. We have recently received an award for being in the Top 20 Providers in the whole East of England area (2 years running!).
We have good relationships with our service users, being open and transparent at all times. The care we provide must be the care (and above) that we would expect our own family members to receive.
Why should I apply for this Care Assistant job?
We offer:
• Employee Assistance Programme - access to discounts, counselling and legal advice.
• Enrolment onto Bupa Healthcare Cashback Scheme - claim money back for dentist/opticians (After 3 months service)
• We pay 40p per mile milage allowance
• Travel time paid at £12.21 per hour
• Pay day is 28th of each month
• Uniform supplied
Care Professional Academy Rewards include:
• Hertfordshire based Rewards
• Student Discount Packages
• Access to a Student Card - usually exclusive to university students!
• Care Professional Rewards: Discount codes, cashback and savings on over 800 UK retailers including Sainsbury’s, Argos, Boots, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, John Lewis/Waitrose, Apple, Pizza Hut and many more.
• Discounts on travel including bus ticket discounts, reduced servicing, and car leasing.
And a lot more...
What does this Care Assistant job involve?
Hours of Work:Up to 20 Hours Per Week - Typical shifts: 07:00 - 14:30 / 16:00 - 21:30 (Flexible Provider)
Our day to day duties vary depending on the visit we do and the service user but typically may involve:
• Morning calls - entail all aspects of personal care, toileting including incontinence care, catheter care, oral hygiene, making the bed, breakfast, medication, putting the washing machine on, light housework duties.
• Lunch time - toileting, incontinence /catheter care, nutrition and fluids, medication, light housework duites.
• Tea time - toileting, incontinence /catheter care, nutrition and fluids, medication, light housework duites.
• Evening call - toileting, incontinence /catheter care , nutrition and fluids, medication, getting them changed for bed and possibly assisting into bed.
• Companionship calls - where we are there to interact with service users and reduce them feeling isolated or to give their main carer some respite.
• Accessing the community - going for coffee, walks, taking service users to appointments, clubs/church etc, depending on their needs and wishes.
Am I the right person for this Care Assistant job?
• Full driving licence with access to car and business insurance
• We require english speaking carers that have a caring nature along with compassion, empathy and patience.
• Be able to listen and chat, show an interest in our client and make them feel safe and happy, and encourage our clients to maintain their independence as much as possible within their limits.
• No experience is needed as full training will be given with ongoing support.
Freedom Care (Herts) Ltd is seeking a Care Assistant for our family run business covering the Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Hoddesdon, Ware and Stansted Abbots areas. We provide personal care, medication, nutrition and fluids, light housework duties, companionship visits and helping client's access the community. We pride ourselves with providing person-centred care at all times, and at a high standard. We have recently received an award for being in the Top 20 Providers in the whole East of England area (2 years running!).
We have good relationships with our service users, being open and transparent at all times. The care we provide must be the care (and above) that we would expect our own family members to receive.
Why should I apply for this Care Assistant job?
We offer:
• Employee Assistance Programme - access to discounts, counselling and legal advice.
• Enrolment onto Bupa Healthcare Cashback Scheme - claim money back for dentist/opticians (After 3 months service)
• We pay 40p per mile milage allowance
• Travel time paid at £12.21 per hour
• Pay day is 28th of each month
• Uniform supplied
Care Professional Academy Rewards include:
• Hertfordshire based Rewards
• Student Discount Packages
• Access to a Student Card - usually exclusive to university students!
• Care Professional Rewards: Discount codes, cashback and savings on over 800 UK retailers including Sainsbury’s, Argos, Boots, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, John Lewis/Waitrose, Apple, Pizza Hut and many more.
• Discounts on travel including bus ticket discounts, reduced servicing, and car leasing.
And a lot more...
What does this Care Assistant job involve?
Hours of Work:Up to 20 Hours Per Week - Typical shifts: 07:00 - 14:30 / 16:00 - 21:30 (Flexible Provider)
Our day to day duties vary depending on the visit we do and the service user but typically may involve:
• Morning calls - entail all aspects of personal care, toileting including incontinence care, catheter care, oral hygiene, making the bed, breakfast, medication, putting the washing machine on, light housework duties.
• Lunch time - toileting, incontinence /catheter care, nutrition and fluids, medication, light housework duites.
• Tea time - toileting, incontinence /catheter care, nutrition and fluids, medication, light housework duites.
• Evening call - toileting, incontinence /catheter care , nutrition and fluids, medication, getting them changed for bed and possibly assisting into bed.
• Companionship calls - where we are there to interact with service users and reduce them feeling isolated or to give their main carer some respite.
• Accessing the community - going for coffee, walks, taking service users to appointments, clubs/church etc, depending on their needs and wishes.
Am I the right person for this Care Assistant job?
• Full driving licence with access to car and business insurance
• We require english speaking carers that have a caring nature along with compassion, empathy and patience.
• Be able to listen and chat, show an interest in our client and make them feel safe and happy, and encourage our clients to maintain their independence as much as possible within their limits.
• No experience is needed as full training will be given with ongoing support.