Care assistant CV: examples for care homes, home care and the NHS

Example CV

Example

Priya Sharma

Care Assistant

priya.sharma@example.com · 07700 900764 · Leicester

Summary

Care assistant with two years in a 60-bed residential home, supporting older residents, many living with dementia. Care Certificate completed and Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate in progress. Keep care plans accurate on a digital system and help residents stay as independent as possible, from washing and dressing to activities. Looking for a day or night care assistant role, full time, with a full UK driving licence.

Experience

Oct 2024 - Present

Care Assistant

Beechwood House Care Home (residential and dementia, 60 beds) · Leicester · Permanent, 36 hours a week, days and nights

• Support up to eight residents a shift with washing, dressing, eating, continence and mobility, using hoists and slide sheets.
• Record care notes, fluids and repositioning on the home's digital care plan system every shift.
• Spot and report changes in residents' health to the nurse in charge; flagged early signs of infection twice in 2026.
• Run a Friday music session that brought regular attendance from 5 to 14 residents.

Jan 2024 - Sep 2024

Volunteer, ward visitor

Leicester General Hospital volunteer service · Leicester · Volunteer, one afternoon a week

• Kept older patients company, helped at mealtimes and fetched drinks for up to 20 patients a visit.

Jun 2022 - Dec 2023

Customer Assistant

Belgrave Road Pharmacy · Leicester · Part time

• Served customers, handled prescriptions at the counter and kept confidential records.

Education

Mar 2026 - Mar 2027

Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate (in progress, completion expected March 2027)

Beechwood House training team · Leicester

Oct 2024 - Jan 2025

Care Certificate (16 standards), completed during induction

Beechwood House Care Home · Leicester

Sep 2017 - Jun 2022

6 GCSEs at grades 7 to 4, including English and maths

Soar Valley Academy · Leicester

Skills

• Personal care with dignity
• Dementia care
• Moving and handling (hoists, slide sheets)
• Digital care records
• Infection prevention and control
• Safeguarding adults
• Calm communication with families

Languages

• English native speaker
• Gujarati C1 · bilingual

Interests

Cooking for family gatherings · Walking group leader at my local community centre

Priya has two years in a residential home and wants a role with more night shifts. Her care assistant CV fits on one page and answers a care manager's checklist: who she has supported, what care she gives, what training she has, and when she can work.

What this care assistant CV example does well:

• the setting is clear (residential, dementia, 60 beds), so the reader can picture her day;
• the bullets describe real care tasks, with the equipment she is trained to use;
• one bullet shows judgement: noticing changes and reporting them;
• training appears twice: in the profile and as qualifications with dates;
• her second language is listed: it helps with residents and families who speak it.

Start from this layout or any of our CV templates and replace the details with yours.

Three shorter profiles for other situations, with made-up names and employers.

The two jobs overlap, but the setting and the employer differ. Adjust your care assistant CV to the one you are aiming for:

For NHS roles, NHS Health Careers says there are no set entry requirements, that employers expect some experience of healthcare or care work (paid or voluntary), and that you will be asked how the NHS values apply in your everyday work.

1. Contact details: name, town, phone, email; add “Full UK driving licence” if you drive. No photo or date of birth.
2. Job title and personal profile: the role, the people you support, your training and your availability.
3. Work experience: care roles first, with the setting and the number of people you supported; then other jobs in one line each.
4. Training and qualifications: Care Certificate, Level 2 or 3 qualifications, mandatory training with dates.
5. Skills: care skills from the advert, each backed by experience.
6. Languages and interests, when they help: a language your clients speak, a hobby you share with residents.

Four sentences: how long you've worked in care and where, who you support, your training, and what you're looking for. Avoid “I have always wanted to help people” on its own: prove it with a fact. More examples in our CV personal statement guide.

The National Careers Service lists the day-to-day tasks: getting to know clients, helping with washing, dressing and personal care, making food and helping with eating, making sure medication is taken, supporting activities, routine checks of weight, temperature and blood pressure, reporting concerns, and keeping records and care plans up to date. Use them, but add who, how many and what changed:

Never name a resident or client, and keep health details general. Confidentiality on your care assistant CV shows you'll respect it at work.

The National Careers Service lists sensitivity and understanding, a desire to help people, teamwork, patience, staying calm under pressure, attention to detail, understanding people's reactions and good spoken communication. Show them through your experience, and list your training clearly:

• The Care Certificate: the standards new care workers are trained to. Skills for Care says there have been 16 standards since the March 2025 update, which added one on learning disability and autism awareness.
• The Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate: an accredited qualification built on the same 16 standards, according to Skills for Care.
• Apprenticeships and diplomas: the National Careers Service names the Adult Care Worker Level 2 and Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 apprenticeships.
• Mandatory and specialist training, with the year: moving and handling, medication, first aid, infection control, safeguarding, dementia care, end of life care.

Our guide to skills for a CV helps you phrase the rest.

• Background checks: you'll need to pass enhanced background checks (National Careers Service). You don't need to put a DBS number on your CV; say “Enhanced DBS on the Update Service” only if it is true.
• Driving: a licence is helpful in home care, where you travel between clients. Put it in your contact details or skills.
• Fitness: the role can involve helping people move; list moving and handling training.
• Visas: on gov.uk, care workers (code 6135) and senior care workers (code 6136) appear only in the list of jobs for extending, updating or switching a Health and Care Worker visa, not for a first application, and the employer must be registered with the Care Quality Commission in England. Check your own case on gov.uk before you apply.

• One page, two for a senior role with several qualifications.
• One column with standard headings, for online applications.
• A clear font, size 11 or bigger (National Careers Service).
• No photo, age, date of birth or nationality.
• Your availability: days, nights, weekends, live-in or not.

Check your care assistant CV with the AI CV checker: it lists the advert's keywords you haven't used.

In the Kandiq CV builder, add the Care Certificate and your training as certifications, and each care role as an experience entry. Paste the job advert: “Improve my bullets” rewrites your lines in its words and leaves a marker where a figure is missing, rather than inventing one. Then practise questions about difficult situations with the mock interview.