Care Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Beaconsfield; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider is seeking a Care Assistant in Beaconsfield, Quebec. Your role will involve delivering high-quality personal care, supporting residents’ dignity and well-being. Join a dedicated team that values respect, compassion, and a positive working environment. Experience is not required as comprehensive training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents and staff.
• Be an efficient worker who can follow instructions from team members.
• Adaptable and flexible to cover various responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist with personal hygiene ensuring residents' dignity and independence.
• Recognize and address clinical risk areas for residents.
• Maintain respect and individuality for each resident.

Skills

Effective communication

Initiative

Respectfulness

Efficiency

Adaptability

Job description

Overview

This is a great opportunity to join Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. As a Care Assistant, you will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality personal care to residents, ensuring their comfort, dignity, and well-being. Avery is committed to creating a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant, your focus will be on delivering high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. You will assist residents with their personal hygiene, recognise and understand clinical risk areas, and act courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each individual. You will also practice safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. With a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together', the company is passionate about offering exceptional care and creating a supportive and inspiring environment for both residents and employees. Avery operates over 100 homes across the UK, providing a range of services including residential, nursing, and dementia care.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: 7:00-21:30

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you’ll be making a positive impact on residents’ lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We’re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you’ll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We’re now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear from you!

About the role

Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.

Other responsibilities

• Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infections and escalating any identified risks in a timely manner.
• Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practising safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About you

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.

Requirements for the role

• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents and other people in the home.
• Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
• Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we’re not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experience is not required as Avery Healthcare provides a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate should have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents, be an efficient worker, and be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.