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Pevensey, East Sussex

Barchester Healthcare£15.50 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Night Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different needs of...

Posted 17th July 2025
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Rayleigh, Essex

Barchester Healthcare£15.23 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Night Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different needs of...

Posted 16th July 2025
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Waterlooville, Hampshire

Barchester Healthcare£14.99 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Night Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different needs of...

Posted 16th July 2025
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Norwich, Norfolk

Barchester Healthcare£13.19 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Residential Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different needs...

Posted 15th July 2025
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Barchester HealthcareUp to £14.00 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Night Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different needs of...

Posted 15th July 2025
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Kettering, Northamptonshire

Barchester Healthcare£13.90 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE A £500 'Golden Hello' Welcome Bonus is just one of the ways we'll reward you when...

Posted 15th July 2025
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Walton-on-Thames, Surrey

Barchester Healthcare£16.39 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Residential Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different needs...

Posted 15th July 2025
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Dublin, Dublin

CPL Healthcare€26676 per year

Calling all HealthCare Assistants in Europe. HealthCare Assistant Opportunities Exist Across Ireland. Applicants must be...

Posted 11th July 2025
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County Mayo, Mayo

Akeso Healthsearch£19 - 38 per hour

Akeso Healthsearch, a leading healthcare recruitment agency, is looking for compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our...

Posted 10th July 2025
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Canterbury, Kent

Sanctuary Personnel£21 - 24 per hour

JOB Apply Job Title: Locum Recovery Worker - Residential Team Specialism: Residential Recovery Support ...

Posted 10th July 2025
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Westport, Mayo

Akeso Healthsearch€19 - 38 per hour

Do you have a passion for helping others and a desire for a flexible career that fits your life? Akeso...

Posted 10th July 2025
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Norwich, Norfolk

Barchester Healthcare£13.70 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Bank Residential Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different...

Posted 10th July 2025
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Kinvara, Galway

Akeso Healthsearch£19 - 38 per hour

Akeso Healthsearch, a leading name in healthcare recruitment, is currently seeking compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistants to join...

Posted 9th July 2025
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Wells, Somerset

Barchester HealthcareUp to £17.30 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Bank Residential Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different...

Posted 8th July 2025
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Melksham, Wiltshire

Zero2Five£27000 - 32000 per year

We at Zero2Five are proud to be working for a quality long established family ran childcare setting who are looking...

Posted 7th July 2025
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South Tipperary, Tipperary

TTM Healthcare Solutions€36379 - 52445 per year

TTM Healthcare are currently recruiting a social care worker on behalf of a leading intellectual disabilities service based...

Posted 7th July 2025
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Rochester, Kent

Barchester Healthcare£13.08 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Night Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different needs of...

Posted 5th July 2025
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Royston, Hertfordshire

Barchester Healthcare£16.80 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Bank Residential Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different...

Posted 5th July 2025
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Ireland, Cork

CPL Healthcare€30000 - 33000 per year

HealthCare Assistant Opportunities Across Ireland!  In partnership with our client, CPL HealthCare is now looking to recruit HealthCare Assistants...

Posted 4th July 2025
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Guildford, Surrey

Barchester Healthcare£16.20 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Residential Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different needs...

Posted 4th July 2025
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Carer jobs: frequently asked questions

Welcome to our carer jobs page, featuring all the latest roles throughout the UK, as well as frequently asked questions below.

What is a carer?

Carers help vulnerable people to manage their daily lives, and to live as independently as they possibly can.

Carers are often also referred to as care workers or care assistants.

Technically, all terms can be used interchangeably.

As a carer you may be required to work within a person’s home or elsewhere in the community – but typically, you’ll work within a residential care home.

The people you support could either be adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health conditions or older people.

Being a carer is all about supporting people with a variety of everyday tasks, getting to know their needs, and treating them with respect and compassion.

What are the daily responsibilities of a carer?

As a carer your day-to-day tasks can vary greatly, but will often include:

• Assistance with dressing, washing and cleaning

• Preparing food and assisting with eating and drinking

• Getting to know the people you work with and how to personalise your approach

• Monitoring health and conditions

• Checking prescribed medications are being taken

• Helping with activities

• Co-ordinating events and outings

Your shift pattern can vary, as care work is a 24/7 operation.

But this provides a lot of flexibility too.

What skills and qualifications do you need to become a carer?

You don’t necessarily need any qualifications to become a carer.

Some providers may ask for GCSE A-Cs in English and/or Maths, but not all do.

Many carers enter the workforce with a Level 2 or 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, but again this isn’t strictly compulsory.

It’s often possible to develop this qualification and more once you start a job.

In terms of skills, the key personality trait you’ll need is compassion.

You’ll also need to be patient and resilient – working as a carer isn’t easy, but it is rewarding.

Experience of supporting vulnerable people can be very useful – even if it’s just caring for a family member.

There are lots of opportunities for career progression, and carers often choose to develop qualifications and skills that allow them to become support workers, social workers and care managers further down the line.

How much do carers get paid?

Carer pay is difficult to define.

It’s mostly unregulated because the majority of carers are employed outside of the NHS.

And unfortunately, carer pay has remained fairly stagnant for many years.

According to industry statistics, the national average hourly rate for carers is around £8.30 per hour, and average annual salaries are somewhere between £15,000 and £17,000.

There are significant regional differences too, with carers in Greater London earning more.

However, in the NHS, carers would tend to earn a Band 2 salary, which is now just over £19,000 a year.

The government is currently attempting to recruit huge numbers of carers, and there are ongoing discussions about carer pay.

It’s hoped it will increase considerably in the coming years.

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