Bank Care Assistant

Prime Life; Stickney; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded DBS

Holiday pay

Refer a Friend

Job summary

Prime Life in Stickney, Lincolnshire, is seeking Bank Care Assistants to support residents with dignity in The Old Rectory. Full training provided; prior care experience not essential.

You will join a friendly team, with fully funded DBS, comprehensive holiday pay, and a generous Refer a Friend scheme up to £250 per successful candidate. Responsibilities include personal care, meals, mobility support, companionship, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a caring nature and a genuine desire to help residents.
• Patience and respectful communication are essential.
• No prior care experience required as full training is provided.

Responsibilities

• Assisting residents with personal hygiene and dressing for the day or night.
• Supporting residents to dine at mealtimes and maintain good nutrition and hydration.
• Encouraging residents to mobilise safely around the home with mobility aids and equipment.
• Providing friendship and companionship, and accompanying residents on social outings or appointments.
• Maintaining accurate records and completing documentation in timely fashion.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support residents’ health and wellbeing.
• Welcoming family members to the home and assisting with enquiries.

Skills

Caring nature

Patience

Empathy

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.

Thisrole will be based at The Old Rectory in Stickney, Lincolnshire. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 42residents, living with a range of age-related conditions, physical disabilities, learning disabilitiesand mental health conditions, and as such require dignified support from our caring team. Additionally, some of our residents live with Dementia.The home focuses on reabling residents to achieve maximum independence and recovery following physical and mental illness.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:

• Hourly rates of pay ranging from £12.96 rising 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 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 resident’s individual abilities. Additionally, many of our residents live with dementia and as such an understanding of dementia would be beneficial.

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Bank Care Assistant we’ll ensure to be in touch!