Support Worker, Healthcare Nursing

About Home Care Direct

Home Care Direct  is a leading national provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to delivering safe compassionate and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receive high-quality training supervision and career development opportunities.

As a valued member of our team you’ll enjoy:

• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced bank holiday pay
• Paid training

• Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nurse support
• 24/7 on-call assistance
• Employee perks including:
• Blue Light discount card
• Long Service Awards
• PA of the Quarter Awards
• 24/7 confidential wellbeing support via Spectrum Life

As a Personal Care Assistant you’ll be part of our client's dedicated support team providing essential care in their home. You’ll be employed by Home Care Direct  but will focus solely on supporting this client.

This role is for 20hrs per week. Flexibility across all days of the week is required to meet the needs of the client. Shifts will be discussed during the interview stage.

Our lovely client lives with her husband, assistance dog, and a few other pets. She experiences chronic pain and ongoing health conditions, so she requires daily support with medication, household tasks, shopping trips, and getting to appointments. Personal assistants will also assist with personal care such as showering, washing her hair, and dressing always with dignity and respect.

A mobility vehicle is available to ensure she can continue to enjoy outings and stay connected with her community.

She remains active and mobile with the use of crutches and a scooter when out and about. With a warm and creative personality she has a passion for horses, arts and crafts, crocheting, and photography. She loves spending time in the countryside and relaxing with a good film.

This is a wonderful opportunity to support someone who enjoys life and values the companionship and care of those around her.

We provide comprehensive paid training (to CQC standards) before your start date covering:

• Full induction
• Safeguarding Adults
• First Aid / Food Hygiene / Health & Safety / Moving & Handling with Hoist
• Medication Administering / Meds via PEG / Subcut Injection / Syringe Driver
• Gastrostomy Care / TPN inc IV Infusion / Wound Care
• PTSD Awareness / Anxiety Awareness / Falls Risk
• Falls Risk / Sepsis Awareness / Infection Control

All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at minimum wage.

• Driver with a full UK driving licence
• Must understand the importance of infection control procedures
• Friendly, sociable, and organised
• Good with animals and have no allergies
• A compassionate, reliable and committed individual
• Commitment to long‑term person‑centred care

At Home Care Direct  we are committed to safe fair recruitment and ensuring all staff are vetted trained and supervised to the highest standards. A full enhanced DBS certificate will be obtained for this role.

At Home Care Direct  we pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and professionalism and we know that starts with our people.

If you’re looking to join a growing team where you’ll be valued supported and have a genuine impact we’d love to hear from you.

Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer sponsorship.

Excellent communication skills, care experience

Driver

• Nursing Home Experience
• Developmental Disabilities Experience
• Direct Support
• Computer Operation
• Caregiving
• Case Management
• Special Needs
• Training & Development
• Child Protective Services
• Experience with Children
• Word Processing
• Addiction Counseling

Full Time

years

1

12 - 12