PART TIME Caregiver to support adult with Muscular Dystrophy

Job Description

We are looking for a compassionate and reliable caregiver to join our established team, providing personalised support to an adult living with Muscular Dystrophy, while also supporting other Home Instead clients.

As a Caregiver, you will visit clients in their own homes, supporting them with all aspects of their daily routines while also offering meaningful companionship. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building genuine relationships and making a positive difference in people’s lives.

Our office is based in Worle, Weston-Super-Mare, and we support clients across a wide area, from Burnham-on-Sea to Clevedon and surrounding locations.

This is a rewarding opportunity for someone committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care, and who values building trusting, respectful relationships.

Key Responsibilities for Muscular Dystrophy client

Providing day-to-day support tailored to the client’s individual needs and preferences

Assisting with manual transfers (no hoisting involved)

Supporting with the use of an electric wheelchair

Driving an adaptive vehicle (training can be provided)

Promoting independence, dignity, and wellbeing at all times

There will be various care visits between 8:00 AM to 9:30 PM. The role is for 3 or 4 weekdays plus every other weekend. Our clients are spread across Weston-Super-Mare, Clevedon, Yatton, Congresbury, Blagdon, Burnham-on-Sea and adjoining areas.

As a Caregiver with Home Instead, you will be visiting Clients in their own homes to help them with all elements of their morning/teatime/evening/bedtime routines and provide meaningful companionship at the same time. This will also involve providing personal care assistance.

We offer:

• Pay rate of £13.40 (before 6pm on weekdays) - £15.20 (after 6pm and all day on weekends) per hour.
• Double pay on Bank Holidays.
• Paid travel time plus paid mileage. Your pay, whenever you need it - take a portion of your pay early, no need to wait until payday.
• Paid holiday, even on a zero-hour contract.
• Paid training and shadowing.
• DBS fee paid
• Regular working pattern with the same Clients.
• 24/7 on call support and a friendly and supportive office team.
• Regular team meetings, training updates and support visits.
• Free qualifications such as NVQ diplomas and Level 2 certificates in a variety of topics PLUS fully funded City & Guilds qualification in Dementia.
• Free polo shirt, rucksack and PPE.
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Staff appreciation schemes and social events.
• Access to our Home Instead benefits.
• Refer a friend bonus scheme and company pension.

This is a fantastic, rewarding role and you will really be making a difference to someone's life.

Qualifications

Ideally you will have experience in supporting individuals with physical disabilities, particularly Muscular Dystrophy (or similar conditions). Personality, compassion and a sense of humour are also important to us, and we will provide you with full training and shadowing.

You will need to be comfortable with manual handling and transfers and willing to learn how to operate specialist equipment, including adaptive vehicles you will need to be open-minded, flexible, and able to adapt to the client’s preferred way of doing things.

Patient, respectful, and able to follow detailed, personalised support guidance

Due to having to travel to clients' own homes, we require candidates to have a UK driving licence and access to their own car.

We provide free ongoing learning and development opportunities such as the Care Certificate, Health and Social Care diplomas and an extensive range of distance learning courses.

Additional Information

We encourage applications from all sections of the community as we want to reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. Home Instead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The home care assistant role is subject to DBS enhanced disclosure.

This role is UK based and the right to work in the UK will need to be established as part of the home care assistant recruitment process.