Care Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; England; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading elderly care provider in Northamptonshire is looking for a Care Assistant. Responsibilities include delivering personal care and supporting residents' dignity and individuality. No experience necessary as training is provided. Strong communication, initiative, and respect are key attributes sought for this caring role, within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents and colleagues.
• Be efficient and able to follow instructions.
• Adaptable to a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene ensuring dignity and respect.
• Recognize clinical risks and escalate concerns immediately.
• Act courteously towards residents and their visitors.

Skills

Effective communication

Demonstrates initiative

Respectful towards residents

Adaptive and flexible

Job description

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a focus on creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Care Assistant to join their award-winning team in Northamptonshire.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, you will be responsible for delivering high standards of personal care to residents, contributing to the care team to ensure continuity of services. Your duties will include assisting residents with personal hygiene, recognizing and reporting clinical risks, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors while respecting their dignity and individuality.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together'. They are committed to supporting their teams and providing a caring, supportive environment with opportunities for growth and development.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we’re here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you’ll be making a positive impact on residents lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We’re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you’ll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We’re now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear from you!

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 of individuals at all times.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, sign of infections and escalate any identified risks in a timely manner.
• Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practicing safe systems of work across the range of task.

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’re not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re 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 role may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experience is not required as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training program. The ideal candidate should have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect, be an efficient worker, and be adaptive and flexible.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.