We currently have immediate vacancies for experienced and inexperienced care assistants.

Best Pay-Rates: Our average rate of pay is over 400 GBP per week (1,733 GBP per month) and can be as much as 435 GBP per week (over 1,842 GBP per month) for carers.
Live-in: Mostly, positions are for living in the client's home, where food and accommodation is provided.
Reliable and Trustworthy: These positions place carers in positions of trust - We will be taking up candidates references and necessary police checks.
Support & Training: The Agency team is set-up to support and help you in your work. Regular contact by telephone and visits whilst you are living at the client's home are arranged. You will receive induction training before starting work, and we are there to help with any other matters that may arise.
Previous Experience: This is preferable but not essential. As most of our work is for three month living-in with food and accommodation included, it helps considerably if our carers have previous experience of caring for disabled people. We do occasionally take on inexperienced carers as some of our clients are happy to help train on the job, after the initial in-house training we give to all our carers. However inexperienced carers are individually selected as and when these positions become available.
Training: All our carers attend an induction training session at no charge, for which they receive a certificate when they start work. We also have a number of free places offering accomodation during training you might be able to use.
Over 21: Most of our clients ask for the carer to be over 21. The main reason for this is because they are looking for maturity, and also because the insurance premiums of their cars which the carers drive are much higher if the driver is under 21.
Three Months +: You should ideally be available to work for three months or longer.
Coming From Abroad: Many of our carers come to Britain from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa (with a working holiday visa) and Europe (with the right to work throughout the EEC). The majority have had some previous care experience and relish the opportunity to settle into a job for 3 months, as this gives them a break from moving from job to job. The opportunity to work for us consistently for 3 months enables them to save up before they carry on with their travels. We also have large numbers of carers from Britain and other commonwealth countries. Police Checks - before you leave home, obtain a police record check from your local police authority on yourself. Bring this certificate with you. You may require this for certain positions in the UK. For more information on coming to the UK, see more information and links below.
English: All applicants are expected to already speak an excellent level of English.
Duties: The carer's duties would be to assist our clients in all areas of personal and domestic needs. The kind of duties they would be responsible for are bathing in bed/bathroom or chair, helping in and out of bed/chair/wheelchair, often with the use of a hoist. They also assist in toileting, bowel and bladder routines, in dressing and undressing. As well as the personal care side, our carers also help with laundry, light housework, ironing and cooking. Above all, they should be able to fit in unobtrusively into family life, and understand the stresses and strains involved for the client and the effect these can have on the acceptance of help. The preservation of dignity and independence is paramount.
Our Clients: The majority of our carers lead a very active and fulfilling life as a large number of our clients are young disabled adults keen to pursue an active life. Some of our clients go to work every day, some go to day centres, some to University or college. Others like to go shopping, to the theatre, to meet their friends in the pub, or are more comfortable staying at home. Each client’s care package is individual. Some carers need to accompany the client all day, others may have time off when the client is busy at Day Centre/Work/University or in the care of friends.
Hours: As a rough guide our carers will work a maximum of 6/8 hours a day, before having a minimum of 2 hours free to themselves when they can leave the house and the client will be cared for by someone else, in order to give the carer a break. Having worked 6/8 hours and had their break, the carer is then off duty, but is expected to remain on the premises to cover any emergencies.
Supervision: Each of our carers is assigned to one of our Care Co-ordinators who will be in regular contact by telephone and will make regular visits. Over a period of 3 months our Care Co-ordinators get to know their carers well and we receive many postcards from all over the world from our carers who keep in contact with us! Many of them return to work for us after further travels.
Time Off: If our carers require a holiday during their 3 month stay we are happy to organise for a replacement for them to have a longer break, providing we receive 4 weeks’ notice.
Pay: Each client has a package tailor-made for his/her needs and so each care job is individual, as are the salaries which range from £370 to £435 per week. This is paid into a bank account. When carers start working for us we are able to help them open a bank account if they don’t have one in this country. If they are leaving Britain at the end of their 3 month period working for ENA, we are able to assist them in reclaiming the tax owed to them.
Visas: In order to work for ENA you must either be a British citizen, a member of the EU or have a valid working visa.
Working Holiday Visa - Commonwealth citizens between 17 and 30 are permitted to spend 2 years in the UK. The visa must be obtained before you arrive in the UK.
For further information, contact your local British Embassy/Consulate (list) or read their leaflet (Pdf - 15.2kb)
Banking: The process of setting up a bank account in the UK can be long and frustrating. If you can, try and get a UK account through your local bank's links before you leave. We can provide you with assistance to make things easier, you will need to bring with you documents (driving licence/utility bill, etc.) with a home address on it. This address does not have to be in England. When you start working with ENA, you will be paid by direct debit into your bank account, therefore it is essential to have an account.
Tax & national Insurance: You need to apply for a NI (National Insurance) number if you plan to work in the UK. To apply you need to contact the Department of Social Security (DSS) "Benefits Agency Office" when you arrive in the UK. Although the NI number is not essential initially, it will assist you when you apply for a Tax Rebate at the end of the financial year or when you are leaving the UK. Without it, claims will take considerably longer to process.
Links: See our links page for further links to useful information