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Join the Forest Homecare Team
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£300
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Paid after 3 months
£100
Refer a Friend
Paid after 2 months
£25
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Current Vacancies
- Uttlesford - Stansted, Bishop’s Stortford, Great Dunmow, Saffron Walden, and surrounding areas
- Part Time & Full Time (flexible)
- £14.24 per hour
- Chelmsford and surrounding areas
- Part Time & Full Time
- £14.24 per hour
- Essex - Braintree, Witham, Sible Hedingham, Halstead and surrounding areas
- Part Time & Full Time
- £14.24 per hour
- Suffolk - Sudbury, Acton, Waldingfield, Long Melford, Cornard, Glemsford, Lavenham and surrounding areas
- Part Time & Full Time
- £14.24 per hour
How to Join Us
Why Work With Forest Homecare
Care work is one of the few careers where you can see the difference you make by the end of every shift. It’s also one of the most misunderstood; people picture something exhausting and thankless, when for most of our team it’s the opposite: steady hours, real relationships with the people they support, and genuine room to grow. Many of our Coordinators and Care Managers started out as Carers themselves, which tells you something about how far this can go if you want it to. You don’t need previous care experience to join us, we train everyone from scratch but you do need patience, reliability, and a real interest in people.
What makes it worthwhile is the structure around you. At Forest Homecare, that means full paid training from day one, rotas built around your life rather than the other way round, and a local team who knows your name, not a call centre reading from a script. You’ll typically see the same clients regularly rather than being sent somewhere different every shift, which matters both for the people you support and for how the job actually feels day to day. If you’re weighing up whether support work is the right move for you, this is what we mean when we say it’s a career, not just a job.
Where a Career With Us Can Take You
What we offer our team
Ongoing development
We invest in your growth with an extensive induction programme and ongoing in-service training, ensuring you have the skills to excel in your role.
Career progression
We believe in promoting from within and supporting your career goals. We offer opportunities to pursue NVQ qualifications and job advancement.
A supportive team
Work alongside a team that values collaboration, respect, and providing the best care for our service users. Receive the support and guidance you need to grow, succeed, and feel valued.
Job fulfillment
Feel the satisfaction of making a genuine impact. At Forest Homecare, you’ll experience the joy of helping others maintain their independence and well-being every day.
Ongoing development
We invest in your growth with an extensive induction programme and ongoing in-service training, ensuring you have the skills to excel in your role.
Career progression
We believe in promoting from within and supporting your career goals. We offer opportunities to pursue NVQ qualifications and job advancement.
A supportive team
Work alongside a team that values collaboration, respect, and providing the best care for our service users. Receive the support and guidance you need to grow, succeed, and feel valued.
Job fulfillment
Feel the satisfaction of making a genuine impact. At Forest Homecare, you’ll experience the joy of helping others maintain their independence and well-being every day.
Hear from our service users
As ever, thank you so very much to you and your team. I truly would not be able to cope without your amazing support. Nor would my mum. Only today my mum told me how much your team makes her feel “valued and happy”. Simply THANK YOU to you and your hard working team.
May I also take this opportunity to add that the support my mother, and I, receive from Forest Home Care is absolutely outstanding. I cannot begin to think what my mother’s life would be like without their dedication, professionalism and integrity.
Hedingham
May I just say a huge thank you Forest Homecare for the service and care over the past year for Mum Hilda. Mum would have also wished to thank everyone on the team who came to help her and support me.
Many thanks again
Doug - Uttlesford
The Family have appreciated all your support, you’ve been amazing in the care you’ve provided and coordinating everything. It’s been much appreciated by myself.
ECC Social Services
To the kind carers at Forest
I would dearly like to write to some of you personally than this note to everyone, but that would risk missing someone that has been especially kind to mum.
Thank you for your care with the help that mum needed in her final years. I especially want to thank those that gave the extra. It made a big difference and mum looked forward to your visits.
Thank you, to you, mums friends.
John
I just wanted to send you my gratitude for the care and dignity that all of your staff who looked after Mum over the last seven months, always professional and made Mum’s life that much more comfortable, always having a laugh with her, she loved all of them. A great service by all.
Uttlesford
During a review of care, SK stated she was very happy with the care she receives. She spoke fondly of carers Akila, Vicky, and Debbie M.”
Kayne Sutton - Suffolk County Council
I want to express my deepest thanks to Gail Neal and everyone at Forest Homecare. Gail is simply superb — caring, respectful, and reliable. Every time she visits, I feel truly looked after. Thinking about it more and more, I realise how fortunate I am to have such outstanding support. My gratitude to Gail, and thank you to the whole team.
C. Moon – Halstead
“The husband and family of JC wished to discuss the fantastic care they have received from Forest Homecare.
They have informed me they are top quality and the best carers that JC has ever had.
Tony (husband) stated that he felt reassured by the carers knowledge and they were such lovely people. This has enabled him to keep JC at home far longer than expected.
In particular they have name Sam (carer) as being absolutely brilliant.
Husband has stated that one evening when JC’s stoma bag burst – Sam tidied JC up and sorted everything out telling Tony to get himself a cup of tea in the process.
They have stated that they are the only care agency JC has not asked to leave her home.
They are fantastic with Dementia care and working with the family as a whole system.
High praise from JC’s family and they cannot fault a thing”.
Joan C. - Sudbury Branch
“DM expressed how polite, caring and kind the carers are. She expressed they take good care of her and without them she does not know what she would do. The carers speak to her during all personal care tasks and make her feel comfortable during these times”.
Diane M. - Sudbury Branch
I’ve worked with Forest Homecare since 2009, supporting clients with everyday living in their own homes. I love caring for the elderly and find the role incredibly rewarding. With great training and constant support from the office team, Forest Homecare is a fantastic place to build a career in care.
Debbie Huxley – Care Worker
As ever, thank you so very much to you and your team. I truly would not be able to cope without your amazing support. Nor would my mum. Only today my mum told me how much your team makes her feel “valued and happy”. Simply THANK YOU to you and your hard working team.
May I also take this opportunity to add that the support my mother, and I, receive from Forest Home Care is absolutely outstanding. I cannot begin to think what my mother’s life would be like without their dedication, professionalism and integrity.
Hedingham
May I just say a huge thank you Forest Homecare for the service and care over the past year for Mum Hilda. Mum would have also wished to thank everyone on the team who came to help her and support me.
Many thanks again
Doug - Uttlesford
The Family have appreciated all your support, you’ve been amazing in the care you’ve provided and coordinating everything. It’s been much appreciated by myself.
ECC Social Services
To the kind carers at Forest
I would dearly like to write to some of you personally than this note to everyone, but that would risk missing someone that has been especially kind to mum.
Thank you for your care with the help that mum needed in her final years. I especially want to thank those that gave the extra. It made a big difference and mum looked forward to your visits.
Thank you, to you, mums friends.
John
I just wanted to send you my gratitude for the care and dignity that all of your staff who looked after Mum over the last seven months, always professional and made Mum’s life that much more comfortable, always having a laugh with her, she loved all of them. A great service by all.
Uttlesford
Start your care career today
Working with Forest Homecare means joining a supportive team where your skills are valued and your career can grow. With ongoing training, opportunities for progression, and the satisfaction of making a real difference, it’s a rewarding place to build your future. Apply today and take the first step towards a fulfilling career in care.
Start your care career today
Working with Forest Homecare means joining a supportive team where your skills are valued and your career can grow. With ongoing training, opportunities for progression, and the satisfaction of making a real difference, it’s a rewarding place to build your future. Apply today and take the first step towards a fulfilling career in care.