Hourly Care Assistant - £15 per hour

Hourly Care Assistant

£15 per hour,  guaranteed hours

Full time, part time, evenings and weekend availability

Join us and you will receive a £250 bonus!

As a thank you for your commitment and diligence when supporting our clients, we are offering a £250 welcome bonus when you join us. Terms apply*

We are looking for a professional care assistant to join our domiciliary care team. When you join us, you’ll discover how our community of colleagues are always there for each other, supporting our clients in and around Oxford. 

If you are a caring individual with at least six months' experience working either as a domiciliary carer, health care assistant, a carer in a care home or hospital, then we’d love to speak with you about joining our domiciliary care team.  Our clients live in Oxford and surrounding villages so you must be able to commute to these areas.  We are also looking for drivers with their own transport to get to our clients.  Please note we cannot accept skilled worker visas and do not provide sponsorship.

Why join us?

• Guaranteed hours contract - options include up to 35 hours guaranteed per week, evening and weekend work available
• Minimum call time of 1 hour, so you have the time to care for your client
• Excellent pay rates above the living wage - £15 per hour
• Paid time and mileage between calls - 45p a mile
• Receive pay weekly
• Double pay on bank holidays
• FREE Blue Light Card
• Access to free ongoing training including diploma in health and social care
• Employee assistance programme - supporting you in times of need
• FREE Enhanced DBS at induction
• Access to on call support when you are working

About you:

As an hourly carer, you’ll be providing care, support and companionship to our clients in Oxfordshire who wish to live an independent life in their own homes. This will include providing personal care, assisting with household duties, supporting safe mobility in and outside of the home, companionship and running general errands, such as completing the weekly shop or collecting prescriptions. 

As you will mostly likely be supporting clients to keep in touch with their community, local knowledge of the area is a plus. We also require you to have:

• Previous paid experience as a care assistant, domiciliary carer, support worker or personal healthcare assistant.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• A driving licence and your own transport is essential
• Good IT skills, as all of our systems are online you’ll spend less time writing admin and more time with your client
• The right to work in the UK - please note we do not provide sponsorship

*Terms and conditions:

You will receive your £250 (gross) bonus in your first week's wages once you have started work and completed your shadow shifts.

Oxford Aunts is part of a family of home care brands in the UK, including The Good Care Group, Prestige Nursing & Care and Comfort Keepers (Ireland).