The Guardian Angel Carers team summarises the care jobs open to candidates across its UK territories, working within home care

1. CHOOSING HOME CARE JOBS
WITH THE BEST CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES

2. • Home care is a sector in huge demand, as
more and more people choose to live
independently in their own homes as an
alternative to residential care, maintaining
freedom around the way they live, the
familiarity of home and routine, and without
needing to consider selling a family property
or parting ways with pets and friendship
groups in the community.

3. • Working within home care is rewarding
and offers ample opportunities to
progress, whether you have existing
care qualifications or want a stable,
secure, long-term job in care with
fantastic career prospects.

4. Finding the Right Home Care Jobs
for Your Skills and Experience
• The best roles within home care combine formal
training, competitive rates of pay, the flexibility to
work around your commitments, and excellent
working conditions, with mentoring, support and
guidance to help you expand your knowledge and
pursue your chosen career progression route.
• Carers tend to begin their careers in a junior role,
such as training on the job to become a Care
Assistant. However, if you have already worked in
home care or a related field, you may be in a great
position to apply for a more senior care vacancy.

5. Types of Vacancies Within
Professional Home Care
• Care is a diverse sector, with roles that offer
flexible working patterns and involve
different types of care services that could be
based on visiting care or at one location. The
day-to-day tasks a carer carries out are also
variable depending on the needs and wishes
of the families and people they support.
• Below, we've run through a few example care
jobs to explain what these may involve.

6. Working as a Home Care Assistant
• Home Care Assistants normally visit each person in
their home at a set time and day and for a specified
period. Tasks may involve personal care, such as
help with washing and dressing, and domestic care,
assisting with chores and household duties like
cleaning and cooking.
• We can often consider applicants for Home Care
Assistant roles without prior experience and offer all
carers a funded Care Certificate during their
induction, ensuring each care worker has the
training required.

7. Working as a Live In Carer
• Live in care is a service whereby a carer, or a care
team, coordinates their schedules to offer more
dedicated support on an ongoing basis for a person
or family. A carer will usually sleep in a private,
allocated room within the home and work with built-
in rest breaks and downtime to ensure they are
properly supported.
• Many people choose live in care to balance the
needs of a loved one who may require assistance
multiple times per day and for whom visiting care
would not be sufficient to keep them comfortable,
safe, happy and relaxed within their home.

8. Working as an Overnight Carer
• Live in and overnight care are different
ways to structure professional home care.
Generally, an overnight carer works a
waking night shift. However, some
overnight care roles are sleeping positions
– where the carer is on hand to help,
reassure or call for medical assistance in
an emergency.

9. Working Hours and Shift Patterns
for Home Carers
• Most jobs within home care can be either full-time or
part-time and structured around pre-agreed shift
patterns or regular working hours. Alternatively, some
carers prefer to work on a more ad hoc basis or provide
additional hours when covering colleagues on leave.
• Whether you’d like to work one or two days per week,
find a long-term placement with one individual, or
explore other options to ensure your care work is
adapted to suit your availability and obligations, our
recruitment team can provide further information.

10. Pay Rates and Benefits Packages
for Home Care Vacancies
• The pay you can expect will depend on
the type of role you apply for. All
Guardian Angel Carers home care
jobs with any of our territories across
the UK offer excellent pay rates above
the minimum wage, accompanied by an
outstanding reward system, which may
include: