Care Professional - Lee-On-Solent

Come and join an “Outstanding” Team!!

Home Instead Fareham and Gosport is an "Outstanding" rated local family-owned business providing companionship led home care services to private clients.

With minimum visits of one hour, award winning training and an excellent reputation we are immensely proud of the quality of care we provide.

We pride ourselves on a positive and rewarding employment experience; a place where you are truly valued for the immensely important work you will do.

Are you kind, caring, compassionate and want a role where you make a difference every day? Then we want to hear from you!

We provide every new Care Professional with full extensive induction no matter what previous experience they may have; this means we ensure every Care Professional is providing quality care to our “Good enough for mum!” standard

As one of our Care Professionals your role can vary from day to day and client to client. The support we offer our clients can be anything from companionship, light domestic duties, meal preparation to supporting with medication, personal care and dementia care.

Advantages to being a Home Instead Care Professional includes: -

• We’re local  – we assure all assignments are based within your local area to reduce travel time to a maximum of 15 minutes between each call!
• Your clients  – The clients you are assigned are the same clients you will see each week to enable you to establish a strong bond.
• Client Matching -  We match our Care Professionals to our clients based on mutual interests and hobbies to help build relationships and provide clients with continuity of care.
• Support  – we have a dedicated operations team in our office who are there to assist you whenever necessary.

Our Guaranteed Hours Contracts means you will know the minimum amount you will earn each month as we know that being able to plan a family budget is crucial for everyone.

Of course, if you work extra hours you earn more; there isn’t a ceiling.

If you are happy to have a zero-hours contract because that suits your lifestyle that’s fine with us. We can talk through your preferences and the options at interview.

• Due to the nature of the role, we do require you to have a full UK driving license and access to your own vehicle as you may be required to assist our clients with accessing the community
• A commitment to being available every other weekend
• The position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn

Home Instead Fareham prides itself on a positive and rewarding employment experience, some of the benefits of working with us include:

• Guaranteed hours and salaried positions available  depending on experience
• Flexible hours  – to work around your lifestyle
• Minimum 1 hour calls  – we don’t believe good care can be delivered in less time
• Above average industry pay  – we are a Living Wage accredited employer and we increase pay rates every year on 1st April
• Employee Benefits Scheme - with discounts on shopping, restaurants and more
• Free membership to the Employee Assistance Programme , which gives you 24/7 access to one-to-one counselling, legal advice and support, self-help and well-being information
• Blue Light Card  - access to more than 15,000 discounts from large national retailers to local businesses across categories such as holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and many more
• Free Professional development plan and ongoing training  to enable you to develop your professional knowledge
• City and Guilds accredited Dementia training, Specialist Parkinson's Training and End of Life support  to enable you to support to support clients confidently
• Access to Apprenticeship Programme and funding support  for ongoing professional development
• Early Pay  - draw down pay option at any time
• Generous Refer a Friend scheme
• Bank Holidays paid at double time
• Optional overtime