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Is spinal injury live-in care work for you?

What's in it for you?

Start on £959 a week*

At Origin, we understand the importance of what you’ll be doing: we offer all our carers a great starting wage, plus a pension scheme and the opportunity to earn more over time.

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Free Specialist Training

Our specialist training course will kickstart your Origin journey. You’ll be working with medical professionals & experienced carers to become the best possible live-in carer you can be.

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Paid Travel

We cover all of the associated travel costs (within the UK) to get you to and from client’s homes via public transport, including accompanying clients overseas on holidays and/or business trips.

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Flexible Working Patterns

As an Origin carer you shouldn't only enhance our clients lives, but the job should enhance yours, too. That’s why we offer flexible working patterns giving you the freedom to choose when you work.

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Free Food & Accommodation

Whilst you’re with a client providing specialist live-in care, you won’t pay a penny for your accommodation or food. This means that more of the money you earn stays in your pocket.

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Support Network

Whether this is your first care job or you’ve been doing it for years, you’ll be fully supported by our experienced care management team, many of whom joined Origin as live-in carers themselves.

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We guarantee that we will pay you at least £13,700 for 100 days worked

We pay £137 per day worked and a bonus after 100 days worked. This earnings guarantee is based on you actually carrying out 100 days’ work on paid client assignments. Days not working, days on-call, days of unavailability, day where no work is offered and any other days between paid client assignments DO NOT count toward the 100 days. The bonus is paid after 100 days actually worked.

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Your journey to becoming a live-in Personal Care Assistant with Origin!

So, you’ve decided to take the next step in transforming the lives of adults with spinal injuries. What’s next? Here’s a quick look at the process we take when we bring new carers into the Origin Spinal Injury Care family.
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Application submitted
Hoorah - you've applied!

Once we receive your application, you’ll get an email to let you know we’ve got it safe and sound. When we’ve had a chance to read through it and make sure you meet our criteria, one of our team will be in touch with you to let you know if you’ve made it through to the next stage.

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Telephone interview
Let's chat

Once we’ve double checked you’re the right candidate on paper, we’ll have a quick chat on the phone to find out a bit more about you. We’ll talk you through the process & triple check you have our ‘must haves’ before arranging to meet!

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Face to face interview
Or faces over Zoom!

Next stop, you’ll meet with someone from our recruitment team, either in our London or Lancaster office or over Zoom. It’s here that we’ll make sure you’re the right personality for the job. A huge amount of what we do here at Origin is based around matching the right clients with the right carers, so it’s vital we get a real flavour for who you are.

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Care manager call
Ask us anything!

Our Care Managers are experienced, and as well as making sure our clients are happy, they look after our Personal Care Assistants, too. This is your chance to ask the guys on the front line what it’s really like working at Origin, and it’s their chance to book you onto a specialist training course!

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Specialist training
Time to learn!

Now we know you’re the right fit, we need to equip you with the right skills. Regardless of your previous experience, you’ll be asked to come along to an intensive 5-day training course in the UK, where we’ll put you through your paces.

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Client matching
And you're off!

The client/carer relationship is vital to delivering the highest standard of care we can. We spend a lot of time getting to know you, so that we can pair you with a client that’ll be well suited to you. It’s about making sure you and the client are both happy and comfortable.

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Who are our clients?

Origin Spinal Injury Care offers specialist live-in care to adults in the UK living with spinal injuries who all have full mental capacity.

For the most part, the clients are young adults, who are busy and active, both in work and socially. With good care, their fear of an unfulfilled life is held back, enabling lives with spontaneity and freedom of choice.

 
Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for both new and experienced live-in carers to join our team across the UK to help us bring spontaneity and freedom of life to adults living with a spinal cord injury. Whether this is your first care job, or you’ve been doing it for years, you’ll be fully supported by our experienced, established care management team, many of whom started their careers at Origin as live-in carers themselves. 


Want to work with us but live outside the UK? Don’t worry. We want you to know that we’re committed to building a diverse, talented team of people who share our passion for making a difference to people’s lives. We’re dedicated to offering opportunities to the very best people, regardless of background or nationality.

The Origin team

At Origin, whether you’re based in head office, or living in a clients’ home to provide live-in care, we’re all part of the same team. Right now though, we’d like to introduce you to a few people who will really shape your initial Origin experience. If you want to find out any more about them, or would like to know more about our wider team, get in touch!
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Peter Henry

Director & Co-founder, Peter has a spinal injury, so understands the impact of reliable, quality and flexible care.

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Linda Adamsen

Director & Co-founder, Linda's background as a carer means she really understands the role we're asking you to get stuck into.

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Jill Jackson

Senior Care Manager and Head of Training, Jill has been with Origin for over a decade and will be one of the first people you meet.

Mental Health Charter

View the Origin Care mental health charter including our commitment & and promise to our Personal Care Assistants

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Upcoming training dates

  • 8th April - 12th April 2024
  • 29th April - 3rd May 2024
  • 20th May - 24th May 2024
  • 17th June - 21st June
  • 8th July - 12th July 2024
  • 29th July - 2nd August 2024

When you complete your application form, please indicate which course you would like to attend.

If you have any recruitment/training queries, please call John Hardy on: 020 7617 7894 or email: johnhardy@origincare.com.

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