Home Care Worker

NEW RATES FOR 2026! £11 - £12.50 PER HOUR + MILEAGE + TRAVEL TIME

ABOUT CARING COMES 1ST LTD:

Caring Comes 1st Ltd is a domiciliary care provider who specialise in home care for elderly and disabled clients. We are a family run, client focused company. We provide excellent support to help people maintain and retain their independence and dignity in their own home.

Caring Comes 1st Ltd is now recruiting for full & part time Health Care Assistants to join our team in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

We are looking for caring and compassionate people, who are passionate about making a genuine difference to people’s lives, to providing person centred care and support to our elderly and disabled clients, within the comfort of their own home.

We currently have a variety of contract hours available, with various shift patterns between 7am and 11pm, Monday to Sunday.

We cover the following areas: Kingswood, Emersons Green, Downend, Warmley, Mangotsfield, Cadbury Heath, Oldland Common, Hanham, Stockwood, Keynsham, Saltford, Temple Cloud, Wick, Pucklechurch, Filton.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist with personal hygiene and bathing
• Support with shopping, meal planning and preparation
• Light domestic tasks and general household duties
• Assist with prescribed medication
• Support clients with accessing the community and provide companionship

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Driving licence and own vehicle essential
• Experience in caring for others preferable, however full training arranged
• Caring and compassionate nature
• Patient and empathetic
• Strong communication skills
• Reliable, committed and professional
• Flexible to work alternative weekends

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

• Competitive pay rates:

7am – 4pm: Weekdays £11, Weekends £11.50

4pm until finish: Weekdays £12, Weekends £12.50

• Guaranteed contracted hours
• Paid mileage at 40p per mile
• Paid travel time
• Enhanced Bank Holidays pay (double pay)
• 28 days paid holiday (pro rata)
• Full, on-going support from your Service Manager
• Company mobile phone or £5 per month own phone bonus
• DBS charges refunded after 1 month service
• Free uniform and P.P.E
• Full induction and on-going training arranged
• Career progression opportunities
• Flexible working hours

BENEFIT SCHEMES INCLUDING:

• Attendance target bonus - £40 per month

SENIOR CARERS WANTED:

We are currently looking to recruit 2 senior carers, with qualification level 3 in Health & Social Care or working towards. Extra duties include on-call (£50 per week), care plans, spot checks, reviews. Salary: £11.50 - £13 per hour + mileage

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Temp to perm, Apprenticeship, Zero hours contract, Graduate, Volunteer
Part-time hours: 20-40 per week

Salary: £11.00-£12.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability
• Weekends only

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Loyalty bonus
• Performance bonus

COVID-19 considerations:
Full PPE provided

Application question(s):

• Are you a UK resident?

Experience:

• Home care: 1 year (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: On the road