Community Care Assistant (Sponsorship Swap Position) At Home Instead – UK (2026)

Employer: Home Instead
Job Title: Community Care Assistant
Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £13.50 – £14.00 per hour + 45p per mile
Job Type: Full-time
Application Closes: 23 January 2026

Home Instead is the world’s leading provider of domiciliary home care services for senior adults. Known for award-winning training, one-hour minimum visits, and excellent care standards, Home Instead Aylesbury Vale and North East Oxfordshire focus on matching Care Professionals with clients based on shared interests and hobbies, ensuring personalised support and strong client relationships.

Why Work as a Community Care Assistant at Home Instead?

Home Instead is committed to changing the face of aging, ensuring that older adults remain independent and engaged. Care Assistants make a real difference in clients’ lives by providing personal care, home help, companionship, and support with daily living tasks.

This Sponsorship swap position is ideal for Care Professionals currently sponsored by another agency but not receiving the required hours. Full-time roles come with guaranteed contracted hours and require flexibility to work evenings and weekends.

Key Responsibilities

As a Community Care Assistant, your tasks include:

• Providing personal care tailored to client needs

• Administering medication

• Assisting with daily living activities

• Performing home help tasks

• Offering companionship and emotional support

• Preparing meals and monitoring diets

• Helping clients attend appointments

• Supporting clients to remain independent in their own homes

Care Assistants build personalised relationships with clients, forming bonds through shared interests and providing compassionate support in a professional manner.

Qualifications & Requirements

Candidates must meet the following criteria:

• At least one year of previous care experience (domiciliary care, care home, or hospital setting)

• Currently in the UK and on Sponsorship

• Driver’s license and access to a vehicle is beneficial

• Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and a genuine passion for improving others’ lives

Ideal Candidate Attributes

Home Instead seeks applicants who are:

• Results-driven and adaptable to change

• People-focused and customer-oriented

• Comfortable influencing change and collaborating with colleagues

• Strong communicators with relationship management skills

• Advocates for company values and agile learners

• Hardworking and committed to high-quality care

Benefits of Working at Home Instead

• Auto-enrolled company pension

• Access to training and development opportunities

• Membership in a growing organisation

• Work for one of the UK’s leading home care providers

• Paid mileage between client visits

• Guaranteed minimum one-hour visits per client

Safeguarding & Inclusivity

Home Instead encourages applications from all sections of the community to reflect the neighborhoods served. The company is fully committed to safeguarding adults, and all staff share this responsibility.

This role requires a DBS enhanced disclosure.

How to Apply

If this opportunity interests you, head to the company’s official website for full details — click here to submit your application.