About us
Working for Allied Healthcare
We’re the UK’s biggest home care provider, and our most important asset is our employees. We wouldn’t be where we are without them. That’s why we invest so much in training and developing our care workers.
Care work is an important job that makes a real difference to people’s lives. So we think it’s important that our care workers receive the encouragement, training and financial reward that gives them not only professional skills, but also the status they deserve.
What we offer
As well as guaranteed hours contracts, we offer our care workers and other employees a range of benefits – from discounts on car insurance to employee forums. The size of our organisation means we provide excellent opportunities for career progression, and the chance to work virtually anywhere in the UK.
Guaranteed hours contracts
Our care workers do a very important job – and they do it well. We believe they deserve security, just like any other professional. So we offer every care worker, alongside holiday and sick pay, an employment contract with a guaranteed weekly minimum of 18 hours.
We are the only employer to offer care workers guaranteed hours contracts. It’s just one of the ways we’re changing the care industry for the better.
Recruitment process
Caring for people and making a positive difference to their lives is one of the most rewarding jobs imaginable. It’s also challenging and demanding. So it’s important that we choose the right people for the job – people that we can rely on, and that our customers can rely on.
Being a good carer is about more than having a good CV. What’s more important to us is your personality, and the strength within you. So the first step of our recruitment process is a face -to-face interview. We’ll invite you to come and meet us to tell us more about yourself and what you’ve been doing. We want to get to know you, so just relax and be yourself.
Selecting people we can rely on
As our employees work with people in their own homes, it’s essential that we check everyone’s background and make sure they are who they say they are. So we’ll verify any qualifications and training certificates you have, check your references from previous employers, and check you have the right to work in the UK. We will also carry out a vetting procedure known as Disclosure and Barring Service check (formerly known as CRB check). This service is provided by the government and processes criminal record checks.
If you pass all our checks and our initial interview, the last stage of the recruitment process is a four-day training course. This helps us to assess your mental and physical fitness to make sure you’re the right person for the job. If you get through this stage, you’ll be ready to start your on-the-job training with a care mentor – and ready to start making a real difference to our customers’ lives.
Our benefits
Our care workers are rewarded personally, by the chance to show the empathy and care that’s in their nature. We make sure they’re also rewarded professionally, with the right training, the flexibility to choose a guaranteed wage, and a great range of benefits.
If you join us as a care worker, we’ll give you all the training you need for a career in care work and the support to develop your career with further training and qualifications. We’ll also reward you with competitive rates of pay, free uniform, employee forums and recognitions schemes, and discounts on car insurance, holidays and much more.