Care Assisants - Aernoon Shifts

Quality Service Recruitment Limited; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days paid holiday

Job summary

Quality Service Recruitment Limited seeks Care Assistants for a newly extended care home in Chesterfield to support elderly residents with daily living, activities, and quality of life.

Role involves activities of daily living, light housekeeping, and observations. DBS and mandatory training are required; sponsorship is not offered. Temporary role with potential for permanency and up to 28 days holiday per year.

Qualifications

• 3 months experience in an Elderly Care environment
• A DBS dated within the last 6 months (or DBS on your behalf at cost)
• Up-to-date mandatory training in Moving and Handling, Infection Control and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
• Referenceable work history covering the past 2 years
• The Enthusiasm to make a difference

Responsibilities

• Attend to client’s activities of daily living ensuring hydration and comfort
• Housekeeping duties around the home (laundry, cleaning residents’ rooms)
• Observe residents’ conditions and report using the company’s reporting systems
• Comply with health and safety in a professional manner
• Shift times: Afternoons 1400 to 2000; other shifts on request

Skills

3 months care experience

DBS within 6 months

Mandatory training: Moving & Handling,

Referenceable work history 2 years

Enthusiasm to make a difference

Job description

Are you looking a role that fills you with a sense of achievement?

This newly extended care home is looking for enthusiastic Care Assistants to assist in the support of elderly people with Age Related Illnesses. You will be expected to take part in activities around the home and ensuring that the residents have a good quality of life. You will be attending to their activities of daily living and will be dealing with clients with a wide range of physical and mental disabilities related to age. Dementia care experience would be advantageous but not essential.

Daily tasks will include:

• Attend to client’s activities of daily living ensuring that they are always hydrated and comfortable.
• General Housekeeping duties around the home such as laundry and cleaning residents’ rooms.
• Observations of client’s conditions and reporting accordingly using the company’s reporting systems
• Always complying with health and safety in a professional manner

For this role, you must have:

• A least 3 months experience in an Elderly Care environment
• A DBS dated within the last 6 months, registered on the update service, if not we can perform a DBS on your behalf at a cost of £49.50
• Up to Date relevant mandatory training in Moving and Handling, Infection Control and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and ideally the certificates to show for this or we can assist you to access online training platforms.
• Referenceable work history covering the past 2 years
• The Enthusiasm to make a difference

*Please note that we do not offer sponsorships*

This is a temporary role that can become permanent for successful candidates.

Shift times are:

Afternoons - 1400 to 2000.

Other shifts are Available on request.

Rates of pay are £13.15 per hour. Other shifts are available at premium rates. You will also accrue up to 28 days paid holiday per year.