Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 28 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 December 2025 |
| Location: | Salisbury, Wiltshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Salisbury and Romsey Care Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | DWP1 |
Summary
Pay rate: £13.50-£16.00
Who we are:
We’re a local, family-owned care company who are part of the Home Instead network and who pride ourselves on our high-quality, relationship-led care. We know all our clients and Care Assistants personally and we’re committed to making their Home Instead experience the very best it can be.
What you get as a Care Assistant
We aim to do our best by our Care Assistants, and so in addition to our award-winning training, excellent rates of pay, and opportunities for career development, we offer the following:
- All visits one hour or longer
- Paid travel and wait time
- Mileage allowance
- Enhanced bank holiday pay
- Option of guaranteed minimum hours contracts
- Free 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Paid Refer a Friend scheme
- Home Instead discount scheme
- Blue Light discount card
- Local team with 24/7 support
- Fantastic recognition
Care assistant role and responsibilities
Every client is different, so there’s plenty of variety, but your Care Assistant role may include the following:
- Spending time with clients
- Going on trips or accompanying clients to appointments
- Assisting with personal care
- Providing support with medication
- Helping with housework
- Preparing meals
- Going shopping with or for clients
Whatever our Care Assistants are doing, they’re dedicated to providing excellent and warm-hearted care. In turn, our Care Assistants know that they’re working for a company that knows them personally and values the fantastic work they do.
Ideal skill set:
We welcome people who are new to care as well as experienced Care Assistants. We’re looking for kind, caring people who share our ethos and values. You’ll need to be able to engage well with people and to be reliable and trustworthy.
Please note that access to reliable transport is required. Employment is subject to a successful enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
If you’d like to have a job where you put a smile on someone’s face day in day out, why not join our team of fabulous Care Assistants?
Who we are:
We’re a local, family-owned care company who are part of the Home Instead network and who pride ourselves on our high-quality, relationship-led care. We know all our clients and Care Assistants personally and we’re committed to making their Home Instead experience the very best it can be.
What you get as a Care Assistant
We aim to do our best by our Care Assistants, and so in addition to our award-winning training, excellent rates of pay, and opportunities for career development, we offer the following:
- All visits one hour or longer
- Paid travel and wait time
- Mileage allowance
- Enhanced bank holiday pay
- Option of guaranteed minimum hours contracts
- Free 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Paid Refer a Friend scheme
- Home Instead discount scheme
- Blue Light discount card
- Local team with 24/7 support
- Fantastic recognition
Care assistant role and responsibilities
Every client is different, so there’s plenty of variety, but your Care Assistant role may include the following:
- Spending time with clients
- Going on trips or accompanying clients to appointments
- Assisting with personal care
- Providing support with medication
- Helping with housework
- Preparing meals
- Going shopping with or for clients
Whatever our Care Assistants are doing, they’re dedicated to providing excellent and warm-hearted care. In turn, our Care Assistants know that they’re working for a company that knows them personally and values the fantastic work they do.
Ideal skill set:
We welcome people who are new to care as well as experienced Care Assistants. We’re looking for kind, caring people who share our ethos and values. You’ll need to be able to engage well with people and to be reliable and trustworthy.
Please note that access to reliable transport is required. Employment is subject to a successful enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
If you’d like to have a job where you put a smile on someone’s face day in day out, why not join our team of fabulous Care Assistants?