About

• Job Description
• Live-In Carer Needed – Truly Rewarding Role Supporting our Client in the Tendring Area of Essex
• Do you have a kind heart and a passion for making each day brighter for those you support?
• Would you like a role where your warmth, kindness, and professional care can transform someone’s daily life?
• As a home care company that is rated ‘Excellent’ by CQC, we are seeking a dedicated, understanding, and relationship-focused live-in carer to deliver first class care. We need an individual who can drive and has a car to support our client to stay living well at home. This is more than a job, it's an opportunity to build a meaningful bond, bring comfort and joy to someone’s days, and become a trusted companion.

What We Offer Our Live-In Carers

• £130 per day | £910 per week
• £50 weekly food allowance
• Paid travel expenses to and from the placement
• Employee Assistance Programme including 24/7 professional support and discounts
• A placement with the chance to form a genuine connection
• Full training and a supportive environment where your skills, empathy, and dedication are truly valued
• Why We Need Drivers - This role requires supporting a client who wants to maintain her connections with the community, this is incredibly important to her, this is why we need a carer who can drive to take her to visit her, to appointments, outings, and keeping our client’s social world alive and meaningful.

The Role - Your support will help our client to continue living safely and happily at home. Duties include

• Personal care delivered with dignity and respect
• Warm companionship and meaningful conversation
• Preparing tasty, nutritious meals
• Light housework to keep the home spic, span and comfortable
• Shopping, running errands and accompanying on trips out.

Who We Are Looking For Someone who is

• Kind, reliable, and genuinely caring
• Committed to building a trusting, long-lasting relationship
• Confident, proactive, and able to work independently
• Experienced in elderly care
• A car driver with a car and a positive, supportive approach
• This post is restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1
• If you’re a high-quality Live-In Carer who takes pride in giving exceptional support and you want a role that’s both financially rewarding and deeply fulfilling we would love to hear from you.
• Make a real difference - restoring treasured independence, whilst offering comfort and companionship to help enrich the life of our client.
• Additional Information
• Please note that we are unable to offer this role to those who are not already authorised to work in the UK.
• Home Instead are committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply.

• Date Advert Closes: 31 December 2025