Job Description

Being a Care Assistant doesn’t just mean helping residents to remain as active and independent as possible while respecting their rights of choice, privacy and dignity. It means having fun and laughter with them and using your skills to help them deal with day-to-day difficulties like personal care and meal times. It also means working as part of a team to identify their unique goals and implement personalised care plans. And, it means working flexibly to help them explore new interests, engage in physical exercise and activities and make sure they enjoy themselves in a stimulating and homely environment. Put simply, it means making a difference. A real difference.

This role offers full or part time contracted hours of 22h, 33h or 44h per week, 12h shifts with unpaid break. Carers would be required to work alternate weekends or one day every weekend.

What you’ll need

Experience of caring for others would be useful, not necessarily in a paid role - you may have looked after an elderly relative or friend. More important though is your kind-hearted nature, your belief in teamwork and your ability to use your initiative and imagination, follow instructions and prioritise a busy workload. You’ll be comfortable talking to, and working with, people from different professions, you’re great at keeping records too. Above all, you have a natural ability to help make the lives of others more fulfilling and want to work in an environment where the work can be hard, but also fun and rewarding.

The benefits

• Bank holiday enhancements
• Enhanced rates for NVQ Health and Social Care holders
• Free DBS
• Free uniform
• Free access to gain qualification in Health and Social care
• Paid induction training
• Quality bespoke training to develop your skills
• Thousands of online and in-store discounts
• Refer a friend Scheme
• Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities