Paragon Home Healthcare
Live-in Carer – London SE1 | SCI Support | £152.18/day
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🏋️ About the Role
Are you a compassionate and proactive Live-in Carer/Support Worker/Personal Assistant looking for a rewarding, community-focused role?
Join Paragon Home Healthcare and support a client living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) in his own home in London SE1. This must-not-robustly a task-based care role, but instead focuses on:
- Encouraging independence
- Building routine
- Supporting access to the community
Ideal candidates have a positive, “can-do” attitude, enjoy motivating others, building rapport, and providing calm, consistent support.
Full training is provided, with ongoing assistance from our nurse-led clinical and care team.
👤 About the Client
Our client is a friendly and independent gentleman:
- Previously lived and worked internationally (backup as a hair stylist)
- Socially engaging and previously active (incl. sports, outdoors)
- Focused on rebuilding structure, getting out more, and retaining a sense of normalcy
- Self-sufficient where possible, benefiting most from support rather than task-based direction
- Enjoys walks, day trips, and values a calm, respectful, capable approach
📍 Location & Travel
Location: SE1, London
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📆 Pay, Hours & Rewards
Job Type: Live-in care Pay: £152.18 per day
Bonus: Up to £400, structured as follows:
- £150 paid in your first paycheck
- £250 upon successful completion of probation
Rota: Live-in placement schedule will be confirmed based on care package requirements.
Key Benefits: ✔ Consistent one-to-one support ✔ Nurse-led training and guidance ✔ Supportive office and clinical team ✔ Potential for ongoing work where suitable
🫶 Main Responsibilities
Support with:
- Access to community outings (walks, day trips, appointments)
- Encouraging routine, encouraging independence, striving for autonomy
- Based-on-need personal care
- Mobility assistance (walker, wheelchair, transfers)
- General wellbeing, motivation, companionship
- Maintaining a clean, organised home environment
- Effective communication, recording care updates in logs
- Following the client’s individual care plan
What We’re Looking For
We welcome applications from individuals who:
- Are calm, approachable and reliable, with a proactive, encouraging rather than overly directive mindset
- Are comfortable with a live-in care role
- Can effectively support a client in the community
- Actor a respectful approach to independence and personal boundaries
- Are good communicators, capable of building rapport quickly
- Are organised, tidy, mindful of routine and attentive to detail
- Will complete Paragon’s training and follow best-practice guidance
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Experience in care preferred. An interest in spinal cord injury support or experience is beneficial.
Training & Ongoing Support
Paragon specialises in spinal cord injury and complex care:
- Full training before start date
- Ongoing clinical guidance and supervisory support
- Understanding SCI and safe support is encouraged—but not highly clinical.
Additional Benefits
💷 £400 Joining & Training Bonus 💰 Competitive Pay Rates 🎄 Double rates on Christmas Day 🩺 24/7 Nurse-Led Clinical Support 🚀 Career Development Opportunities 🎁 £250 'Refer a Friend' Bonus 🚴 Cycle-to-Work Scheme 🏆 Award-Worthy Employer Recognitions 🎓 Paid training from trusted specialist provider
Requirements to Work With Us
To get started, ensure you have: • Legal right to work in the UK • Enhanced DBS check (will assist with obtaining) • Professional-quality references
🌐 About Paragon Home Healthcare
At Paragon, we prioritise people first. Our clients and carers alike are core to our values. As a leading complex care provider specialising in spinal cord injury, we focus on:
- Independence
- Quality of life
- Long-term outcomes
We’re equal opportunities and assess job aptitude in line with the Equality Act 2010.
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