Become a caregiver / personal assistant in Calderdale

We have three types of roles available:

1. Caregiver

No qualifications or experience required. Full training will be provided and paid for.

2. Personal care assistant

Experience required as well as Care Certificate (or equivalent) plus Diploma / NVQ at Level 2 or above in Adult Health & Social Care or a similar or higher qualification.

3. Team leader

A senior care worker who will have staff supervision responsibilities and On Call duties.

Full-time / Part-time

We can consider full-time or part-time work, dependent on the needs of our customers.

Our Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence

Passion for Support has a Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence, granted by the UK Home Office, which entitles us to employ carers who are not UK citizens (sponsor licence number: 8G0N5KMJ5).
If you are already living in the UK and have a document which enables you to work as a carer in the UK, and if you meet our employment criteria we’d be delighted to hear from you.

Employment criteria

For our roles, applicants must:

• Live in Calderdale (or very near to).
• Be a driver and have a car.
• Have a mobile phone.
• Work at least one evening a week and alternate weekends.
• Be able to supply the names of two referees.
• Have, or be willing to have, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Would you like to join our team?

Complete our recruitment form (opens new window)

Learn more about our roles, who we are and what we do

Skills needed

• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Approachable and friendly manner
• Empathy and compassion for others
• Non-judgemental
• Dependable, flexible and resilient
• Highly motivated
• Self-aware
• Confident and positive approach
• Strong sense of personal responsibility
• Good time keeping
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to assimilate information quickly, taking appropriate actions when required and whilst working under the customers’ direction
• Ability to prioritise and organise
• Good written and oral communication skills.

Benefits

Our Caregivers and Personal Assistants are paid an hourly rate which is above the National Living Wage. And in addition will receive:

• Mileage between visits at 0.45pence per mile.
• Travel time between visits at the applicable hourly rate.
• Enhanced hourly pay for working weekends and bank holidays.
• Paid holiday (up to 28 days a year including bank holidays).
• Pension (subject to meeting the qualifying criteria).
• Regular 1-2-1 supervision and access to peer support with our staff team.

Our Team Leaders are paid a salary for a set number of hours. And in addition will receive:

• Mileage between visits at 0.45pence per mile.
• Paid holiday (up to 28 days a year including bank holidays).
• Additional pay for being On Call.
• Pension (subject to meeting the qualifying criteria).
• Regular 1-2-1 supervision and access to peer support with our staff team.

Vetting

All our staff complete a robust vetting process before they can be accepted onto our team which includes:

• Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks.
• A full employment history check.
• Two appropriate references.

Training

We believe training is the key to delivering effective, quality services that people want and need now and in the future. All of our care staff will need to have undertaken and passed the Care Certificate qualification as a minimum. We encourage all our staff to work towards recognised and accredited training qualifications in Health & Social Care and to complete regular update training sessions.

Career development

Read about the options for career progression and development, at Passion for Support and beyond (opens new window).

About us

We’re a Greetland based domiciliary (home) care company established in 2009. We work with adults in their own homes throughout Calderdale to enable them to maximise their independence and support them to live independently.

About our customers

When they need it, many people prefer to receive care in their own homes for as long as they possibly can. Passion for Support ensures that customers are safe and cared for in the comfort of their homes, surrounded by the people and things they know and love, and able to continue to be a part of their community.

Our customer visits are normally a minimum of 1 hour; we don’t feel we can any value to our customers’ lives if visits are shorter than that. We follow instructions from the customer as detailed in their Personal Support Plan that lists the things they want to achieve.

Tasks we undertake with our customers include…

• Shopping
• Light domestic duties i.e. laundry, cleaning etc
• Supporting them to take medication
• Managing their personal affairs/paperwork
• Taking customers to, and supporting them at, social activities, outings, events, functions
• Preparing meals
• Personal care.

Prior to working with a new customer, we assess their needs and requirements. We then carefully select the carers who will visit the customer to ensure they’re a good match and will get on well with one another. Prior to the first care visit taking place, we’ll visit the customer to introduce the carers that will be looking after them.

If our jobs are a good match for you, please complete our short initial recruitment form (opens new window) and we’ll be in touch. 

If you’re still uncertain, read this excellent piece written for us by one of our Personal Assistants.