Care Assistant
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About Care By Us
Care By Us is a provider of dementia, domiciliary and specialist care for people across Hertfordshire and Essex
Job description from Care By Us
Company Description
Locations: Berkhamsted and surrounding areas
Pay Rate: £13.50 - £15.65 ph + 30p mileage
Shifts Available: Various shifts are available
Access to vehicle required due to geographical nature of role.
What we offer
We’re creating brighter days. Fresh challenges. Exciting opportunities. Plenty of ups, downs, and curveballs. With a career as a Care Assistant at Care By Us, part of City & County, every day will be different to the next. Each will offer you the opportunity to do meaningful and rewarding work that makes a real difference to our client’s lives and your career.
What you’ll get
- Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
- Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement
- Death in Service Payment
- Pension scheme
- Benefits and wellbeing platform
- 28 days annual leave (pro rata)
- Refer a friend scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Job Description
What you’ll do
Our care assistants are the extraordinary people who do the everyday things that mean so much to our clients. Supporting them to live safer and supported lives in their own homes, you’ll follow individual care plans and assist with personal care, helping clients to bathe, dress, manage incontinence, use the toilet and supporting them with their medication. You’ll also help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes and housework.
Qualifications
What you’ll need
You don’t need any social care experience to apply for this role. We’re more interested in your compassion and ability to care. You’ll need to be resilient too and willing to learn new skills and develop your knowledge as part of a close-knit team.
Additional Information
Why choose us?
We see extraordinary achievements happen every day thanks to the talent and commitment of our people. We want to transform the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have the size and success to offer you a world of career opportunity, choice and security. Join us on our journey and continue yours.
City and County Healthcare Group is an equal opportunities employer.

Job insights from Breakroom
Care workers and assistants
Care workers and assistants help support people in their daily lives to live as independently as possible
What you’ll do as a care worker/assistant:
- Help with social or physical activities
- Household tasks, like cleaning and washing
- Support by preparing food, and providing help with eating and other tasks like bathing and getting dressed
- Check and monitor health and help with medication
Is it right for you?
This job may involve:
- Standing
- Heavy lifting
- Helping with personal care
- Physical activity
- Emotionally demanding duties
- Wearing a uniform
- Night work
- Long hours
- Anti-social hours
- Cleaning
- Working alone
Map
Berkhamsted, UK
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What Care By Us employees say about their job
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Best thing
Flexible shifts. No shortage of work.
Worst thing
Impossibly busy rotas. Too few carers.
Care By Us Senior carer, June 2021
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Best thing
Caring and helping people
Worst thing
Being on a timetable, with no time to travel from one su to the next. If you arrive 'late' you are in trouble, sometimes getting verbal abuse
Care By Us Senior support worker, March 2021
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