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Community Care Assistant - Essex - Forest Home Care

Foresthomecare
CompanyForesthomecare
CategoryOperations & Admin
LocationEssex
Remote
EmploymentNot stated
LevelNot stated
SalaryNot stated by the employer
First seen3 Aug 2026 (the employer did not state a posting date)
Last verified10 Aug 2026
SourceThe employer's own careers page (company_site)
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Description
Apply for this job Forest Homecare is recruiting Community Care Assistants to work in Essex. No experience is necessary as full paid training is provided. As a Care assistant, you will need to have a professional, caring, and flexible approach. Your main duties will include: • Helping our Service Users maintain their independence and dignity. • Assisting our Service Users with all aspects of personal care such as dressing, undressing, bathing, and toileting. • Supporting with preparing and serving meals. • Maintaining the service user’s physical environment including laundry, changing, and making beds, tidying, and light cleaning duties We provide care 365 days a year between the hours of 6 am to 11 pm and split this over 4 shifts (Morning, Lunch, Tea, and Bed). Experience: This role is varied, and every day is different, so being adaptable, and using your common sense and initiative are a ‘must’ for this role. You do not need to have worked as a Care Assistant before applying to us, but all experience in this field will help. Forest Homecare is committed to ongoing training and supervision, qualifications, and continuing professional development. We also provide an extensive induction on the commencement of employment. Car Owners – This is essential due to the Service Users location. What we can offer you: • Paid induction training with regular updates • Care Certificate and Health and Social Care Qualifications • Free DBS Check (if required) • Uniforms and PPE provided • Full or Part Time Hours with flexible shifts suitable for you • Mileage paid • Annual Salary reviews • Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme • Employee Referral Scheme paying up to £500 per successful referral • £300 welcome bonus* (Terms and Conditions apply) • Support & encourage you to progress and reach your full potential within your chosen career Forest Homecare is positive about inclusion and welcomes applications from individuals who can meet the requirements of the job position and may wish to request flexible working or reasonable adjustments to support them. Apply for this job Manage Consent To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Preferences Preferences The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Statistics Statistics The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Marketing Marketing The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.