Bank Care Assistant

Primelife; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded DBS

Holiday pay

Refer a Friend up to £250

Job summary

Prime Life is seeking Bank Care Assistants to join a friendly team at Phoenix Park Care Village in Scunthorpe. You will support residents with daily living tasks, meals, mobility and companionship, ensuring dignity and person-centred care.

Full training is provided and a DBS check is funded. Shift patterns run 8am–8pm and 8pm–8am across seven days, with a generous holiday pay scheme and a Refer a Friend bonus of up to £250 per successful hire.

Qualifications

• Genuine caring nature and desire to make a real difference for residents.
• Full training provided; prior care experience is desirable but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene and dressing.
• Support residents during meals to maintain nutrition.
• Encourage safe mobility with aids and equipment.
• Provide companionship and escort residents to appointments.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation.
• Support a multi-disciplinary team to promote residents' health and well-being.

Skills

Caring nature

Patient and respectful

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.

At present, we have several vacancies available and are keen to meet with candidates as soon as possible for interviews.

This role will be based at Phoenix Park Care Village, in the heart of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. The Care Village has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 146 residents, across three buildings on the site. Typically our residents at Phoenix Park live with a range of age related health conditions, physical disabilities and mental health conditions that require dignified support from our caring team. Additionally, many of our residents are living with Dementia and may also require one to one personal support to maintain their daily independence. 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 £12.96 to £13.32 per 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!

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 residentsWelcoming 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 resident’s individual abilities. Additionally, many of our residents live with dementia and as such an understanding of dementia would be beneficial.