Home Care Assistant
Job description
Are you interested in a role in care? We are actively recruiting home care assistants to cover rotas in Limavady. No training or qualifications are required as NWCare provides full bespoke training in their in-house training academy.
Responsibilities
- Care within the community.
- Personal care.
- Light meal preparation.
- Companionship.
- General tidy round leaving all areas safe and clean.
Skills and Qualifications
Essential Skills
- Full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle.
- Great communication skills.
- Able to promote and deliver person centered care.
- Interested in working in the community within Health and Social Care.
- Care about the community they live in.
Desirable Skills
- QCF level 3 in H & SC.
- Previous paid caring experience.
- Able to promote dignity and respect when delivering care.
Further Information
We work a 4/3 rota pattern - Week 1 Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday Week 2 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday The morning rotas begin at 07:00 and finish at 14:30, afternoons (15:00 - 18:30) and the evening rotas begin at 19:00 - 23:00 The bed rotas offer a flexible option to earn extra money. Please note: Criteria for this role is that you apply for an Enhanced AccessNI certificate - paid for by NWCare We offer all of our staff - Excellent hourly rate of pay. Mileage paid. Annual leave on a pro rata basis. NISCC - Post registration training learning. On-line learning. Training academies throughout Northern Ireland. Practical paid training. CPD approved certificate for training. QCF Levels 2, 3 and 5 qualifications. Internal career progression. Paid shadowing. Mentoring arrangements. Uniforms supplied. Flexible working hours - full time and part time morning, afternoon, evenings and late rotas. Child friendly hours - put to bed rotas to suit mums and students. Running 4/3 rotas both full time and part time available. Experienced care company serving the community for over 50 years. Recommend a Friend incentive - any of our staff who recommend someone who comes to work for NWCare will receive a voucher (no limit to number). No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
- Vacancy ID
- 1769086
- Job ref.
- HCA/LIM/25/0053
- Job Sector
- Carers and Support Workers
- Area
- Derry or Londonderry
- Location
- Ballykelly, Limavady
- Salary
- £12.95 per hour plus mileage at 20p
- No. vacancies
- 14
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Weekly hours
- 37.5
- Published date
- 22/04/2026
- Closing date
- 22/05/2026
- Worktime
- 09:00 - 17:00, days to be confirmed.
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