Care Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Epsom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider in Epsom is seeking a Care Assistant. In this role, you will deliver high standards of personal care and support residents' independence and dignity. Experience is not required, as a thorough induction and training programme is provided. Candidates should be respectful, communicative, and adaptable to various responsibilities. This position aims to positively impact residents' lives every day.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents.
• Be adaptable and flexible to cover responsibilities at short notice.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Effective communication

Respectfulness

Initiative

Flexibility

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together". They are committed to supporting their teams, celebrating hard work, and providing opportunities for growth and development in a caring, supportive environment. Avery operates over 100 homes across the country, offering exceptional care and creating an inspiring, empowering atmosphere for both residents and employees.

Overview

As a Care Assistant, you will be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day by delivering high-quality personal care and supporting the close-knit care team.

Main duties of the job

Your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contribute to the care team to ensure continuity of services, assist residents with personal hygiene, recognise and understand clinical risk areas, and act courteously towards residents and visitors. You will practice safe systems of work across a range of tasks. Avery offers a thorough induction and training programme to ensure you feel confident in your role, even if you don't have prior experience.

Job responsibilities

• Assisting residents with personal hygiene to maintain independence, dignity and respect.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents (e.g., weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infection) and escalating identified risks in a timely manner.
• Acting courteously towards residents and visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practising safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About You

To be successful, you will live Avery's values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as a thorough induction and training programme is provided to build confidence in your role.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents and other people in the home.
• Be an efficient worker who can carry out reasonable instructions from other team members.
• Be adaptable 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 later life should be enriching, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team. With the vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and empowering environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Additional information

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.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and show initiative and respect towards residents and others in the home. Be able to carry out reasonable instructions and adapt to a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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