Home Instead Mid Cornwall cover Wadebridge and surrounding villages. We are looking for people to join our Care Professional team helping older people in their own homes.

Home Instead is renowned for the high quality, relationship led care we provide. Our local vision this year is to Improve and Professionalise the Experience of working in Care in Cornwall.

Location: Wadebridge, England, United Kingdom
Employment type: Part-time

Care Professional Benefits

• Great rates of pay - from £12.40 per hour plus 1.5 times enhanced bank holiday rates
• Minimum 1 hour calls – giving you the time to care. We have paid 15 minute gaps between visits so there is no rushing.
• Guaranteed minimum hours contracts available
• Training - full induction programme where we provide award winning training
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Supportive Office team
• Employee referral bonus programme
• Employee assistance programme - access to counselling and other benefits to help with the everyday
• Paid Travel and Waiting time at £12.40 per hour for short gaps between visits
• Mileage - at 45p a mile over first 10 miles of the day
• Career development - We support care professionals with Care Certificate and ongoing qualifications such as NVQ Level 2, 3, 4 and 5 as well as in house courses on Dementia care and Palliative care

Responsibilities
Being a Care Professional is an essential role supporting older people to live well at home. With the support of our team and industry leading training, you can feel fully equipped to deliver the high-quality care Home Instead has become known for.

Here's what you could be doing:

• Companionship - ensuring a client enjoys regular and meaningful social interaction is an important part of your visit
• Help with everyday tasks such as meal preparation and light housework
• Accompanying to appointments or shopping
• Personal care - supporting our clients with the essentials such as bathing, showering, dressing and grooming to keep them healthy and independent
• Support with Medications and Topical Creams or Drops
• Reporting any potential issues to our care team so they can speak with other health professionals, the family, the person themselves or any other Caregivers

Additional Information
We are looking for kind and compassionate people like you to join our Home Instead community. Whether you have direct experience in care, personally or professionally, or are just starting out – we offer industry leading training to all our care professionals to help you help others.

Click “Apply” today or call us on 01726 829312 to learn more.

We have not started sponsoring visa applications yet and look for people who are or will be living within the local area.