Job Description

Support Worker

Job Ref Number:

ZR499

Location:

Brighton, South East

Hours:

38 hours a week

Pay:

12.21 to 16.00 per hour

About HomeCareDirect

HomeCareDirect 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.

Why Join Us?

As a valued member of our team, you'll enjoy:

Competitive Pay & Benefits

Company pension scheme Enhanced bank holiday pay Paid training

Ongoing Support & Recognition

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

The Role

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 HomeCareDirect but will focus solely on supporting this client.

This role will be to cover 38hrs a week over the following times, Monday to Sunday, on a rota basis:

07:00 - 14:00

07:30 - 14:30

14:00 - 23:00

14:30 - 21:30

23:00 - 07:00 sleep in

Pay rates are broken down as follows:

Monday to Friday 07:00 - 23:00 -14.40 per hour

Saturday to Sunday 07:00 - 23:00 - 16.00 per hour

Sleep-in 23:00 - 07:00 - 12.21 per hour All training and supervisions are paid at 14.40 per hour

About the Client & Your Responsibilities

Our client is a man in his 60's with epilepsy, learning difficulties and who is profoundly deaf. He is mobile and can move around his home freely but will use his wheelchair when out in the community when fatigued.

Our client loves books and puzzles, having rides out in the car and into the community. He takes great pride in his appearance and is described as a peaceful soul who is quiet, happy and fun-loving.

You will support our client to appointments, support with personal care, medication administering, meal preparation, general domestic work and going out into the community.

It is our client's preference to recruit a mature, male personal care assistant, though this is not essential

Training & Support

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 CPAP / Understanding Hearing Impairment Epilepsy Awareness / Lennox Gastaut Syndrome / Learning Disabilities


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

Who We're Looking For

u Driver with a full, clean UK driving licence is essential



u Good knowledge of epilepsy and working with learning disabilities

u Good communicator

u A compassionate, reliable, and committed individual

u Commitment to long-term, person-centred care

Join a Team That Cares

At HomeCareDirect, 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 HomeCareDirect, 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.