Company Description

🌟 Care Assistants – Join Our Basildon Team 🌟

Location: Basildon, South Ockendon and surrounding areas
Contract: Full-time and part-time positions available
Pay: £12.71–£13.21 per hour, plus paid mileage

✨ Support independence. Bring comfort. Make a real difference. ✨

At Guardian Homecare, part of City & County Healthcare Group, every day brings a new opportunity to improve someone’s life.

We are looking for compassionate and dependable Care Assistants to join our friendly Basildon branch. You’ll support people in their own homes, helping them maintain their independence, dignity and connection to their local community.

This is much more than completing a list of tasks. It’s about building trusted relationships, offering companionship and being the reassuring face that clients and their families can rely on.

Whether you’re helping someone begin their morning with dignity, preparing their favourite meal or simply sharing a cup of tea and a conversation, your support will make a genuine difference.

🏡 What is homecare?

Unlike residential or hospital care, homecare enables people to continue living safely and independently in the place they know and love best—their own home.

You’ll visit clients within your local community, following personalised care plans and providing the practical and emotional support they need to live life their way.

📍 Areas we cover

We are recruiting across Basildon, Thurrock, Castle Point and the surrounding communities, including:

• Stanford-le-Hope and Corringham – SS17
• South Ockendon – SS18

Basildon and surrounding areas

• Basildon
• Pitsea
• Langdon Hills
• Laindon
• Billericay
• Wickford
• West Horndon

Thurrock

• Grays
• Tilbury
• Chadwell St Mary
• Orsett
• East Tilbury and Linford
• Aveley
• Purfleet-on-Thames
• Chafford Hundred

Castle Point and surrounding areas

• Benfleet
• Canvey Island
• Rayleigh
• Upminster
• Rainham

We aim to provide local work wherever possible, although you must be willing and able to travel between clients.

💷 Pay, mileage and guaranteed hours

We believe that great care deserves great recognition. You’ll receive:

• £12.71–£13.21 per hour, depending on shift pattern
• Paid mileage between client visits
• Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays
• Guaranteed hours available for suitable candidates, providing the security of regular work
• Hourly pay—you are paid for the hours you work

⏰ Flexible shift patterns

Our services operate seven days a week, with full-time and part-time opportunities available.

Typical shift patterns include:

• Day shifts: Starting between 7:00 am and 8:00 am and finishing between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm
• Evening shifts: Starting between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm and finishing at approximately 10:00 pm
• Long days: Available for candidates who would prefer to combine day and evening availability
• Split shifts: Day or evening shifts can be worked separately to fit around other commitments

Shift times may vary depending on clients’ needs. Regular evening and weekend availability is particularly valuable.

🚗 Driving requirement

This is a community-based role covering several local areas. Therefore:

A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential.

Job Description

💙 What you’ll be doing

Every day as a Care Assistant is different, but your impact is always meaningful.

Following personalised care plans, you’ll support clients to live safely, comfortably and independently in their own homes.

Your responsibilities may include:

• 💧 Providing dignified personal care, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and continence support
• 💊 Supporting with medication, including prompts and safe administration
• 🚶 Assisting with mobility, transfers and the safe use of equipment
• 🍲 Preparing meals and snacks while supporting individual dietary needs
• 🧺 Helping with light household duties, including laundry, tidying and making beds
• 🛒 Supporting with shopping, appointments and access to the local community
• 💬 Providing companionship, conversation and emotional reassurance
• 🤝 Encouraging social engagement and maintaining family connections
• 👀 Monitoring wellbeing and reporting any concerns or changes
• 📝 Maintaining clear and accurate care records
• 🛡️ Responding safely and calmly in an emergency
• 🧩 Working closely with families, colleagues and healthcare professionals

Qualifications

🦸 What you’ll need

Previous care experience is welcomed, and ideally you’ll have at least six months’ experience within social care. However, your values, attitude and ability to care are just as important to us.

We provide comprehensive training and ongoing support to help you develop the confidence and skills required for the role.

You’ll need:

• A compassionate, respectful and caring nature
• Reliability and a strong sense of responsibility
• Good communication and listening skills
• A positive and proactive approach
• Resilience and a willingness to learn
• Flexibility to support clients across different shift patterns
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
• The existing right to work in the UK

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

Additional Information

🎁 What you’ll receive

As part of Guardian Homecare and City & County Healthcare Group, you’ll benefit from:

• ✨ Guaranteed hours available for suitable candidates
• ⛽ Paid mileage between client visits
• 🎓 Fully paid online and face-to-face training
• 📚 Ongoing learning and development
• 🎓 Funded qualifications, including Health and Social Care NVQs and Diplomas
• 🚀 Genuine career-development and progression opportunities
• 🎉 Enhanced weekend and bank-holiday pay
• 👶 Enhanced occupational maternity, adoption and paternity pay
• 🛡️ Death in Service payment
• 💰 Pension scheme
• 🌼 28 days’ annual leave, pro rata
• 💆 Benefits and wellbeing platform
• 🛍️ Blue Light Card eligibility, providing access to exclusive discounts
• 🤝 Refer-a-Friend scheme—earn £300 per successful referral
• 🚲 Cycle-to-Work scheme
• 📱 Access to our in-house app
• ⏱️ Flexible full-time and part-time hours
• 🏡 Local work within your community
• 🏢 The support, stability and career opportunities of one of the UK’s largest care providers

💫 Why choose Guardian Homecare?

We see extraordinary achievements happen every day because of the talent, compassion and commitment of our people.

As part of City & County Healthcare Group, we’re helping to transform the care industry by working smarter, embracing innovative technology and investing in the people who make outstanding care possible.

With us, you’ll have the training, support and security to build a rewarding career while making a real difference within your community.

🚀 Ready to help people live life their way?

If you’re kind-hearted, dependable and ready to make each day a little brighter for someone in your community, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of our Basildon team of everyday heroes.

💙 Guardian Homecare, part of City & County Healthcare Group, is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.