Care Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Chipstead; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider is seeking a Care Assistant to deliver high standards of personal care and support to residents. The role involves assisting with personal hygiene, recognizing clinical risks, and fostering a respectful environment. No prior experience is necessary as full training will be provided. Join a team that values caring, support, and personal growth in a meaningful setting.

Benefits

Comprehensive training program

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• No prior experience is required as thorough induction and training will be provided.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene care.
• Recognize and escalate clinical risk areas in residents.

Skills

Effective communication

Demonstrate initiative

Respectful towards residents

Efficient worker

Adaptive and flexible

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, operating over 100 homes across the UK. They are committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members in a supportive and inspiring environment. As a Care Assistant, you will deliver high standards of personal care, contribute to the care team and ensure continuity of services to residents.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contribute fully to the care team and ensure continuity of services to residents. Your responsibilities will include assisting residents with their personal hygiene care, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas, acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, and practicing safe systems of work. Avery Healthcare is committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.

About the role

Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect at all times.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infections and escalating any identified risks in a timely manner.
• Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practising safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About you

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents and other people in the home.
• Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
• Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No prior experience is required as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate should have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents, be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions, and be able to adapt and be flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions.