Care Assistant

City and County Healthcare Group Ltd; Chatham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in Chatham is seeking dedicated Care Assistants to support clients in their daily personal care and wellbeing. Responsibilities include assisting with bathing, dressing, medication reminders, and providing companionship. This role offers various shifts, including full-time and part-time contracts, ensuring a supportive environment that recognizes individual care needs.

Qualifications

• Compassionate and caring nature to support clients.
• Ability to manage personal care tasks effectively.
• Willingness to learn new skills and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care such as bathing and dressing.
• Support clients in medication management.
• Provide companionship to prevent loneliness.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Willingness to learn

Job description

Care Assistant : Role & Responsibilities

Our care assistants are the extraordinary people who do the everyday things that mean so much to our clients. Supporting them to live safer and supported lives in their own homes you’ll follow individual care plans and assist with personal care helping clients to bathe, dress, manage incontinence, use the toilet and supporting them with their medication. You’ll also help with practical tasks like shopping, mealtimes and housework.

• Various shifts available
• Looking for full-time and part-time care assistants
• Guaranteed hour contracts available to suit

What else you’ll help with

• Companionship – being a friendly face & preventing loneliness
• Personal Care – all aspects of personal hygiene
• Medication – collecting prescriptions & providing reminders
• Mealtimes – preparing tasty meals
• Housekeeping – keeping their home just the way they like it
• Mobility – helping with getting around

Qualifications

• Compassion
• Resilience
• A willingness to learn

Why choose us

We’re an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK we have care assistant vacancies across the country and we offer a world of career opportunity choice and security.