Weekend Care Assistant - West Lothian

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 from cooking a meal to light housework
• Helping your client access their community by accompanying them to the shops or appointments
• Personal care - supporting our clients with the essentials such as bathing, showering, dressing, and grooming to keep them healthy and independent
  QualificationsWe are looking for kind and compassionate people like you to join our Home Instead team. Whether you have direct experience in care, personally or professionally, or are just starting out - we offer industry leading training to all of our Care Professionals to help you help others.Our only requirements are:
• A caring nature, and the desire to make a positive impact on others
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Flexible and adaptable to our clients' needs
• Aged 18 or older
• A driving license & access to a reliable vehicle (as you may be required to take clients out and about)
Additional InformationAs a Care Professional, you will receive industry leading training, great rates of pay and excellent support.If you're looking for work which is extremely rewarding and satisfactory and have a high-degree of flexibility to meet our clients' needs, we would love to hear from you. Please click on 'I'm Interested' or alternatively, contact us on We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This role is subject to an enhanced disclosure check.Although not essential for the role, ideally candidates should hold a full valid drivers licence and have access to their own vehicle as they will be required to travel between clients homes.
THIS ROLE IS UK BASED AND THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK WILL NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.Are you looking for a role where every visit is different, where you can see the positive impact you have? Become a Care Professional with Home Instead!Home Instead is the world's leading provider of non-medical care and companionship services for older people. With minimum visits of one hour, award winning training and an excellent reputation we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide.Our Care Professionals, are the heart and soul of Home Instead. They go above and beyond for our clients, which is why we're so proud of them. With minimum visit times of one hour, our Care Professionals have time to chat and build strong bonds of trust with our clients.We match our Care Professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build bonds of trust and enables us to provide personalised support.Job DescriptionHome Instead West Lothian cover West
• Great rates of pay - from £14.10 per hour, plus time and a half on bank holidays
• Minimum 1 hour calls - giving you the time to care.
• Training - full induction programme where we provide award winning training, plus other opportunities to develop your career.
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Employee referral bonus programme
• Mileage and paid travel time - we pay you for the time it takes you to get between your client's visits
• Employee assistance programme - access to counselling and other benefits to help with the everyday
• Exclusive discounts scheme - supermarkets, high street stores and more.