Looking for a Meaningful Student Job
Support elderly people in need of care in your area đź’™
As a helper, you assist a specific elderly person with various daily tasks and provide companionship. The tasks range from household chores to accompanying walks. The tasks assigned to you depend on your previous experience, training, and of course, your personal preferences. Over time, many of our helpers have also become friends with the seniors!
Here's How to Get Started with Us
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Fill out the short application form, introducing yourself and telling us why you'd love to work as a helper.
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Once your application is complete and convincing, we’ll add your profile to our waiting list.
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As soon as a new request comes up in your area, we’ll inform you and invite you to a personal meeting.
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You will meet the senior during an initial visit. If it’s a good match, the visits will continue as planned.
A Part-Time Job That Fits Perfectly with Your Studies
A Meaningful Job
You will always support the same senior, becoming a trusted and appreciated part of their daily life.
Flexible Working Hours
Your working hours are always arranged individually with you. You decide how many hours you want to take on and how many seniors you would like to help.
Time for What Matters
Good work requires care, dedication, and sometimes patience. That’s why visits at Hemby are never shorter than 1.5 hours. Time plays a key role in building strong relationships and creating a positive atmosphere!
A Workplace Near You
We ensure short travel distances by matching you with seniors in your local area. Since you’ll be visiting the same people regularly, there won’t be any surprises.
Competitive Pay
As a helper, your total compensation is between £15–£25 per hour, including holiday pay, travel allowance, experience bonuses, and extra for weekends/bank holidays.
Digital Administration
Manage your calendar, track hours worked, and write visit reports directly in our Hemby app.
Great Career Opportunities
With diligent work and positive customer feedback, you have the opportunity to rise to Pro or even Guru Helper status, earning more along the way.
Ongoing Support
Our experienced team is here to assist you with anything you need.
Insight into the Job as a Helper
Philip is a health and care assistant who helps the elderly. For example, he makes them breakfast, reads the newspaper to them, and plays cards with them.
"I can fully commit to supporting my senior and dedicate all the time they need, without any rush or pressure. It's about providing the care and attention they deserve, at their own pace."
Frequently Asked Questions
Our helpers assist the elderly with daily activities and gradually build long-term relationships with them and their families.
The role of a helper can vary depending on the type of help provided.
Home Help: Cleaning, housekeeping, laundry, changing bed linen, dishwashing, errands, groceries, meal preparation and help with digital devices
Companionship Care: Walks, outings and help with appointments
Respite Care: Sitting in for family caregiver
In all cases, every task and the associated activities are discussed with you in advance; you decide which senior you would like to assist.
You should enjoy working with the elderly and be able to work independently. Additionally you should be able to:
Commit to agreed visits.
Foster long-term relationships with seniors
Pass DBS check
You will be assigned a specific senior who you will care at Hemby. This makes you a part of their everyday life – and hopefully vice versa! Your working hours will be coordinated with the customers' preferences; at Hemby, there is no shift work!
You can easily track your hours in the Hemby app, and your monthly salary will be calculated based on this. You won't waste time with paperwork.
As a helper, your total compensation is between £15–£25 per hour, including holiday pay, travel allowance, experience bonuses, and extra for weekends/bank holidays.
Simply fill out the application form. What's important is that you complete the form as thoroughly as possible, so we can get a good understanding of you. Applying does not bind you to anything!
If your profile is a good fit, we'll add you to our waiting list. When an elderly person in your area need help, we'll reach out to arrange an meeting.
During the meeting we go through the job and see if the job is right for you. After this we'll order a statutory DBS check, and once that is cleared we're ready to offer you the work.
Hemby is a modern home care service that provides personalised, in-home support from a trusted helper. We keep things simple and transparent—no endless paperwork, no constantly changing carers. Just reliable help when you need it.
Every day, hundreds of families trust Hemby. Too often, the elderly and those in need of care struggle to get timely support at home. We’re here to change that.
Apply now by filling out the application form.
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