Domiciliary Home Care Assistant – Barton

Join our Home Care Team in Barton Upon Humber!

Are you looking for a role that will make a difference to your community? Do you want to go home feeling like you have done something rewarding every day? Then join the HICA Group today!

We are expanding our home care support team in the Barton & surrounding areas and are looking for caring, reliable and hard working individuals to promote independence, whilst actively encouraging and supporting with making informed decisions.

Areas covered: Barton, Barrow, Goxhill & New Holland. Due to the range of locations, it is essential you hold a UK driving licence & have access to your own vehicle.

The company is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. You will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.

Pay & Hours:

  • £16.00 per hour (only applicable to the above mention areas).
  • Receive 24p for every mile you drive between calls as a fuel allowance.
  • Get a guaranteed 16-hour contract but work up to 40 hours if you want. Pick your limits to suit your personal commitments.
  • Morning & Evening shifts available (7am – 2pm or 4pm -10pm) – working alternative weekends.
  • Block pay contracts, so you are paid from your first to last call regardless of any gaps. For example, working 7am to 2pm is a full 7 hours pay.

The Role:

As a Home Care Assistant you would deliver high quality care, visiting service users in their own homes. You would be responsible for ensuring they remain independent for as long as possible. This would involve preparing meals, personal care, assisting with medications, shopping – ensuring all their needs are met that are outlined in their own personal care plan. No two care plans are the same, each Service User is an individual and care plans written according to their needs. If you are looking for a rewarding carer, have a passion to make a difference to Service User’s lives and a desire to be part of a committed organisation and workforce, this is the role for you!

Reward & Benefits:

  • Paid induction / completion of care certificate. Supervisory support in the community until you’re feeling confident.
  • Fully comprehensive induction and development support from our in-house training team including E-Learning and shadowing shifts
  • Savings on your shopping – up to 8% in some retailers
  • Refer a friend bonuses up to £200
  • The HICA lottery – prizes up to £2000+
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Techsave loans – borrow money to buy technology based gifts and repay through your wages over 12 months
  • Prizes from fun competitions such as our Hall of Horrors guess the manager, our bonfire bonanza voucher giveaway and our 12 days to Xmas prize extravaganza
  • Overtime is available but only if you want it. Enhancements paid from time to time.

About you:

  • Hardworking and reliable
  • Willing to learn
  • Have a kind and caring nature
  • Motivated by seeing the difference you can make to the lives of our service users
  • Able to communicate effectively
  • Be able to work alternate weekends
  • If you share that passion for supporting others to live an enriched life then we would love for you to join our friendly team.

Additional information:

HICA at Home in Grimsby is one of 3 lead providers within North East Lincolnshire. We currently deliver approximately 2800 hours of community-based care per week in our geographical areas. These are Five ways, Cleethorpes, Humberston and New Waltham, covering all aspects of personal care, medication administration, shopping, domestic and sitter service.

We deliver one-to-one support services and also support HICA Care homes with services.

HICA is a ‘Not for Profit’ organisation providing a range of care services to older people and people with learning difficulties both within residential and nursing homes and within the community.

Successful candidates will need to complete an Enhanced DBS Check.