Care Assistant

Care Assistant - Care Cadet Programme

Location: Preston - PR2 - PR7 and Chorley

Pay Rate: 14.24 per hour (including holiday pay) 30p per mile

Fully funded Enhanced DBS

Your First Step Into A Real Career

Still working out what comes next If you leave college without a job lined up youre not alone and youve got options. Starting in social care isnt a plan B. Its a genuine pathway into roles that matter:

youll build real skills support real people and genuinely change things. Were looking for college leavers leavers (18) who want to try something different. No experience needed. Youll be paired with our team learn as you go and get paid properly from day one the same as everyone else.

What Youll Actually Be Doing

This is a homecare position youre out in the community visiting clients in their own homes. Its not office-based or in a care home.

Youll be supporting people with:

• Personal care delivered with dignity
• Help with medication and daily routines
• Support with meals nutrition and household tasks
• Working alongside clients who have complex healthcare needs
• Travelling between visits throughout your shift

Youll work solo or as part of a two-person team depending on what each client needs. Youll need a full driving licence and access to your own car this is community care so transport is essential. Its real responsibility real people and real impact.

Why Start With Routes

Were a care company not an agency. That means you work directly for Routes with the same team the same clients and proper support.

What we offer:

• Fully funded Enhanced DBS (we cover it)

• Training and ongoing development through Routes Academy

• Shift flexibility that fits around your life

• Full-time or part-time options

• 14.24 per hour (including holiday pay) 30p per mile travel

• Staff referral scheme (earn up to 250 for each friend you bring in)

• A 24/7 on-call team when you need support

• Wellbeing and mental health support

• No agency staff here just employed Routes care workers

Where This Takes You

Starting as a care assistant isnt a dead-end job. Its a foundation. People from this role move into:

Healthcare roles: Senior care positions team leadership specialist services (complex care end-of-life support) nursing therapy or other clinical specialisms

Operations and management: Training compliance recruitment operations management or business-facing roles

Inside Routes or beyond: Many move into different healthcare organisations too this role gives you genuine transferable experience

Your first year is about learning what youre good at and what direction interests you. The Routes Academy and mentoring support you through the Care Cadet pathway and after that you can chart your own course.

What We Need From You

Essential:

• Right to work in the UK (no sponsorship available)
• Full valid UK driving licence and access to your own car (this is a community role youll be travelling between visits)
• Reliable honest and genuinely interested in supporting people

Nice to have:

Any paid care experience in the UK but if youve never tried care before the structured

Care Cadet pathway is designed for exactly this

Your Support Structure

You wont be dropped in at the deep end. New starters like you follow the Care Cadet pathway: with structured workshops mandatory training mentoring from an experienced team member and observation-based learning over your first few weeks. Youll have a mentor alongside you and a clear plan. Its real development not just a job.

Ready

If this sounds like something you want to try apply now. Well get back to you fast answer any questions honestly and tell you exactly what shifts look like in your area.

Routes Healthcare is part of your journey. Lets see where this takes you.

Routes Healthcare is committed to making lives better through exceptional homecare services.

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Required Experience:

Junior IC