Live-in carer jobs

About the role

A live-in carer provides round-the-clock support for someone who chooses to live in their own home. You'll move into your customer's home and live with them, providing support whenever they require. We'll make sure you're trained to help your customer in a wide range of ways – from personal care and bathing, to accompanying them to appointments and carrying out household duties.

Responsibilities

• Meal preparation
• Medication administration
• Pet care
• Running errands
• Household chores
• Personal care
• Companionship
• Mobility assistance
• Nurse-supported care

Requirements

To be a live-in carer, you don't need any specific qualifications, just the will to care for others with compassion and dignity. Previous care experience is a plus but not necessary.

Qualifications

We conduct a carer assessment process that includes classroom sessions and practical activities to ensure you're fully prepared to offer bespoke, holistic live-in care.

Skills

Empathy, patience, kindness, willingness to go the extra mile, first aid, dementia awareness, safeguarding, administering medication, manual handling, hoisting, and assisting with mobility.

Benefits

First-rate support, employee benefits, direct employment, 28 days' annual leave, company pension scheme, refer-a-friend scheme, high pay rate, career growth, flexible working, 24/7 support, and a whole host of extras.

Pay and benefits

As the nation's leading home care specialist, all of our carers are employed directly by us. No franchises, no agencies, no tax returns for you to complete. And no feelings of being left alone without support. We provide thousands of fantastic offers and deals, a company pension scheme, and 28 days' annual leave.

Pay

First-rate support, employee benefits, direct employment, 28 days' annual leave, company pension scheme, refer-a-friend scheme, high pay rate, career growth, flexible working, 24/7 support, and a whole host of extras.

Self-employed live-in carer

• Weekly salary: Up to £750 per week vs. up to £800 per week self-employed, but without benefit contributions (based on the average UK salary of a self-employed live-in carer).
• Employer pension: Up to £2.53 per week vs. none as a self-employed live-in carer.
• Paid holidays: 28 days paid holiday pro-rata.
• Tax & NI Payments managed for you: Don’t forget! Hiring an accountant is expensive.
• Travel costs paid between packages: Yes.
• Equipment and uniform provided: Yes.
• Regular and consistent pay: Yes.
• 24/7 support: Yes.

What do you need to be a carer?

To be a carer, you must have certain characteristics that we would want if our own loved ones were being cared for by someone else. These include empathy, patience, kindness, and a willingness to go the extra mile for the person entrusted into their care.

FAQs

• Yes, a live-in carer lives in the customer's home and is on-hand for the majority of each day. Most of our carers work for blocks of five to eight weeks at a time between breaks.

• Yes, we ensure that all live-in customers are able to provide a separate room for you before confirming their care. An assessor will go to the customer's home to check that it is suitable for you.

• Each live-in carer gets 14 hours of breaks from their customer each week, so you can take some time to yourself to unwind or take part in one of your hobbies.

• Each of our live-in care customers have individual care needs, so we review each care package on an individual basis to ensure that you can take the downtime you need, with suitable cover in place so the customer is not without care.

• No, as we are a private home care company and not an agency, you will be employed directly by Helping Hands. This means we recruit, assess and manage all of our carers, enabling us to keep your training up to date and have more control over your care arrangement to ensure your satisfaction.

• Yes. Our carers are never left unsupported, no matter the time of day or night. If you need assistance in office hours, you can call your dedicated live-in care coordinator or field-based care manager. If you urgently need to speak to somebody outside of office hours, we have a dedicated 24-hour carer support helpline, which we’ll provide you with once you are on board.

• If the customer still has a car, we often suggest that you are added to the family's insurance policy, providing you have a full clean UK driving licence, or a driving licence from overseas if you are confident to drive in the UK.