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Company Description CarerNest is an innovative digital healthcare platform that connects families with verified care professionals through advanced matching technology. Using cutting-edge tools like intelligent algorithms and real-time availability management, it simplifies access to qualified carers based on location, expertise, and preferences. The platform emphasizes trust and security with thorough verification processes, including background checks and professional validations. With features like digital care logs, secure payment solutions, and 24/7 emergency support, CarerNest ensures seamless and reliable care services. Designed with both families and caregivers in mind, it fosters a trusted ecosystem for finding and providing skilled care while promoting professional growth and flexibility for caregivers. Role Description This is a full-time remote position for a Caregiver. The Caregiver will be responsible for providing compassionate and professional care, assisting clients with daily living activities, preparing meals, and administering medications as needed. Responsibilities also include offering companionship, managing appointments, and ensuring the well-being and safety of clients. Caregivers are expected to maintain accurate care logs and communicate effectively with clients and their families to ensure high-quality care services are met. Qualifications • Proven experience in caregiving, including assisting with daily living activities and providing support to individuals with diverse needs, • Basic knowledge of health, safety, and hygiene standards, including administering medications, • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to ensure clear interaction with clients and families, • Organizational skills for managing schedules, appointments, and maintaining accurate care records, • Compassionate, patient, and dependable, with a strong commitment to client well-being, • Ability to work independently in a remote setting, • Relevant certifications such as First Aid, CPR, or caregiving training (preferred), • Knowledge of digital tools for logging care activities (a plus)

About Arborvitae Care Services (ACS): At Arborvitae Care Services, we’re passionate about transforming young lives. Our mission is simple yet powerful - to offer consistent, compassionate, and expert care to vulnerable young people. As a growing, mission driven organisation, we believe that every child truly matters, and we work tirelessly to create spaces where young people feel safe, supported, and empowered to thrive. Job Purpose • To provide advice, assistance and support to young people in our care, attending to their practical, physical and emotional needs. Ensuring the young person is always appropriately safe guarded, driving our ethos of ‘every child matter’s’. Key Responsibilities: Support to Young People: • To maintain a high quality of care and support which meets the practical, physical, emotional and behavioural needs of the young person within our care, • To provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which the young person can feel secure and free from harm, • Establishing positive, trusted and secure relationships with the young person ensuring professional boundaries, • Be a positive role model to the young person, rewarding positive conduct, • Contribute to the young person’s care plan, • Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare and the family environment (cooking, cleaning, general maintenance around the home etc), • Keeping accurate written records on young people which feed into planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as appropriate, • Empowering the young person and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future, sensitively supporting them where it may not be possible to act on their wishes, • Supporting the young person in meetings with relevant professionals including social workers, CAMHS and LAC nurses Support to Team: • To work as part of the home and wider Arborvitae team, • Being aware of the aims and outcomes of the home and working collaboratively with team members to achieve them, • Promote positive challenges within the team, • Any other responsibilities as so reasonably directed by the management team Person Specification: • Sensitivity and understanding (E), • Ability to work well with others (E), • Maintain confidentiality (E), • Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations (E), • Ability to positively challenge behaviour from a young person (E), • Level 3 Diploma in Children’s Residential Care or willing to work towards (E), • Driving Licence (E), • Suitable enhanced DBS on the update service or willing to obtain (E), • Resilience (E), • Experience of working with children (D), • Experience of working within a children’s residential setting (D), • Awareness of legislation within the regulations (D), • Ability to install professional boundaries (E), • Empathetic & non-judgemental (E) Benefits: • Enhanced holiday scheme, increasing with service, • Birthday Day Off, • NHS Cash Plan Top up, • Life Assurance X3, • Free Blue Light Card, • Access to industry leading training, • Clear, career progression plan with our “Roots to Growth” scheme, • Supportive Leadership Team Shift Schedule: • 24 hour shift 10:00-10:00, • 15 hour shift 07:30-22:30, • Waking night shift 22:30-07:30 (Occasional cover) Work Location: The location/work-base for this role may require you work to from multiple locations. We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process. Commitment to Safeguarding: At ACS, safeguarding is our top priority. We are committed to promoting the welfare of children and young people, and all appointments are subject to DBS checks, satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK. How to Apply: If you have a passion for making a difference in the lives of vulnerable young people, then we want to hear from you! Take the next step in your career and apply today to join a company that values growth, creativity, and positive change.