Care Assistant

Job Title – Community Care Assistant
Location – Dartford / Kent
Hourly pay – £13.00 – £16.00

We are now seeking dedicated Care Assistants to join our professional care team in Dartford and help us continue setting the highest standards in home care.

Our customers value familiarity, trust and respect. As a Care Assistant, you will play a vital role in enabling people to remain independent, comfortable and safe in their own homes. Whether working independently or as part of a close‑knit team, you will be supported every step of the way by experienced professionals who value your contribution.

This is more than a role it is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference to someone’s quality of life, every single day.

The Role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering quality, person‑centred care tailored to individual needs
• Assisting with personal care, including bathing, dressing and grooming
• Supporting with meal planning, preparation and nutrition
• Providing medication support in line with care plans and best practice
• Undertaking light domestic duties such as laundry, tidying and cleaning
• Building trusted, consistent and positive relationships with the people you support

We’re looking for:

* Excellent communication skills
* A full UK driver’s licence and access to a car is preferred
* You have the right to work in the UK (we do NOT offer any form of Sponsorship)
* Experience is required for this role

What we offer:

* You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts
* We offer the flexibility of either a zero-hour contract or contracted hours, whichever suits your lifestyle the most.
* Work with our own clients, no agency work
* Pension scheme
* Blue light card
* Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
* Continued professional development to support you & your career
* Holiday pay
* Refer a friend scheme
* Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
* Support from your local branch team and out of hours support

Want to find out how you can make life better for yourself and the people you care for? Apply NOW!.

In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake enhanced DBS right to work, reference and employment history checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice. You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC.
Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines.
As a private provider of home care in the UK, Prestige Nursing & Care is not affiliated to the NHS, as such we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment visa at this time.

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.
We reserve the right to close this position early.