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Care Assistant - Home Support Service

Are you caring, committed and enthusiastic about supporting individuals to remain independent at home?

Do you want a role where every day is different, offers a new challenge and the opportunity to make a difference?

Do you want to help reduce older people’s social isolation and loneliness in your community?

If you have answered YES to the above questions you could be the person we are looking for.

Our offer

  • Salary: £21,164 per annum pro rata
  • Salaried positions, 5 week’s holiday plus bank holidays, company pension & sick pay
  • Various hours’ contracts available up to 30 hours with the option of overtime (min 16 hour contracts)
  • Paid training provided, paid travel time and mileage allowance
  • No experience necessary
  • Work in your local community and across Wakefield District
  • Flexible working within the service hours (7am to 10pm) including unsociable hours working early mornings, evenings, alternate weekends and Bank Holidays. 
  • A work phone and app to complete visit tasks
  • Every call is at least 30 minutes so you can spend quality time with the client (even time for a cuppa)

Essential requirements

  • Applicants must be willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check

  • Applicants must be able to drive with access to a vehicle with business use insurance and be able to reliably commute or relocate to Wakefield District, West Yorkshire for this job.

Main Duties

Supporting people to remain independent in their own homes providing but not limited to:

  • Help with medicines
  • Meal preparation
  • Assistance with bathing and showering
  • Domestic support including shopping, cleaning, laundry and ironing
  • Social support including outings/ appointments

For more information on our Home Support Service click here

If you are committed to providing a quality service in a manner that promotes dignity, respect and independence for older people we would like to hear from you.

How to apply:

To apply please download and complete all the document below:

Covering letter

Job Vacancy Information

Job Description and Person Specification

Application Form

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form


or alternatively email your CV to jobs@ageukwd.org.uk

For further enquires please ring Becky Cutts, Home Support Service Registered Manager on 01977 664861