Bank Care Assistant

Prime Life Ltd; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded DBS

Holiday Pay scheme

Refer a Friend £250

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Prime Life is seeking a Bank Care Assistant at Lyndon Croft Care Home in Solihull. The role supports residents with daily living activities, personal care, meals, and mobility, in a compassionate environment.

Full training is provided. The job offers a range of benefits and shift patterns across a 7-day week, with DBS funding and opportunities to progress within the quality matters team.

Qualifications

• Genuine caring nature and desire to help residents.
• Understanding of dementia is beneficial
• Patient, respectful towards residents’ abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene and dressing.
• Support residents to eat and stay hydrated.
• Encourage safe mobility with aids where needed.
• Provide friendship and companionship during daily routines.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation.
• Collaborate with the care team to promote wellbeing.
• Greet and assist family members with inquiries.

Skills

Caring nature

Dementia understanding

Patient

Team player

Job description

Make a difference every day and give back to your community!

Prime Life are on the lookout for passionate and dedicated care professionals to join our friendly team as a Bank Care Assistant.

This role will be based at Lyndon Croft Care Home, in Solihull. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 52 residents, living with a range of age related health conditions, physical disabilities and mental health conditions that require dignified support from our caring team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident's individual abilities.

Benefits of becoming our Bank Care Assistant:

This role offers great work life balance, with shift patterns offered across a 7-day working week between the hours of 8am and 8pm, or 8pm and 8am. In return for your commitment to our residents, we can offer range of excellent benefits including;

• Hourly rates of pay ranging from £12.96to £13.32per hour dependent upon qualification level
• Opportunities to learn and progress with the support of our dedicated Quality Matters team
• Fully funded DBS
• Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme that rewards you for your commitment to care
• Fantastic Refer a Friend scheme, offering up to £250 per successful candidate!
• Access to a Blue Light Card

Responsibilities of our Bank Care Assistant include:

• Assisting residents with their personal hygiene and dressing for the day, or retiring to bed for the evening
• Supporting residents to dine at mealtimes and maintain good nutrition and hydration
• Encouraging residents to mobilise safely around the home, with the support of mobility aids and specialist equipment
• Providing friendship and companionship, and accompanying residents on social outings or appointments
• Maintaining accurate and timely written records and completing documentation
• Being a part of a multi-disciplinary team and engaging with other care professionals, as and when required, to promote the health and well-being of our residents
• Welcoming family members to the home and assisting with enquiries

What we're looking for in our Bank Care Assistant:

To be successful within this role, you will have a genuine caring nature and a desire to make a real difference for our residents. Though prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support worker is desirable, this is not essential as full training is provided. Typically, our residents live with age related conditions, life-limiting health conditions and physical disabilities that require dignified support from our care team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our residents' individual abilities. Additionally, many of our residents live with dementia and as such an understanding of dementia would be beneficial.