Care Assistant

Signature Senior Lifestyle Limited; Hertford; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on shift

Life Assurance

Refer a Friend Bonus

Career training

Employee health support

Cycle to work

Job summary

Signature Senior Lifestyle Limited at Bentley House, Hertford, is looking for a caring Care Assistant. You’ll join a compassionate team and help residents with daily living and dementia care, building relationships and making each apartment feel like home.

We offer flexible full and part-time hours, including day shifts 07:00–20:30 (37.5 hours/week) and night shifts 20:15–07:15 (33 hours/week), with alternate weekends. From £13.60 per hour and a range of benefits.

Qualifications

• No previous experience required; good written and verbal communication skills, and some IT skills.
• NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care is a big advantage.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with washing, dressing, eating, drinking and getting around.
• Support residents with dementia care and develop Care Plans.
• Build relationships with residents and their families.

Job description

Location Signature at Bentley House, Hertford - SG13 8EG

Closing date 11/11/26

Hours Various hours available

Your role at Signature

You’ll be part of a caring, supportive team with exciting career development opportunities, and flexible full and part-time hours, when you join Signature Senior Lifestyle as a Care Assistant at our luxury care and nursing home in Hertford.

What you will do

We’ll need you to bring your compassion and uniqueness to this role. Your days as a Care Assistant will be varied, interesting and rewarding, from general care right through to specialist dementia care. You’ll assist residents with washing, dressing, eating, drinking and getting around. You’ll help them make their apartments feel like home. You’ll enjoy their favourite activities with them, like bingo, shopping and live music. You’ll develop strong relationships with the individuals you work with, and their families.

You’ll be respectful of residents’ choices, dignity and independence, always. You’ll also be integral to developing residents Care Plans, which includes being aware of any specialist support needs.

What Signature offer

• From £13.60 per hour
• Full time day shifts: 07:00-20:30 (37.5 hours per week) Alternate weekends required. We can consider part time hours for this role.
• Full time night shifts: 20:15-07:15 (33 hours per week) Alternate weekends required.
• Up to 30 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, depending on length of service
• Free meals on shift for staff working 6+ hours
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Refer A Friend Incentive £50 voucher and up to £1,000 cash bonus
• Ongoing career training and development
• Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health support and wellbeing services
• Plus cycle to work scheme, study support, long service awards and more

Transport Links

• Commuting – Hertford East (0.6 miles) and Hertford North (0.7 miles)
• Bus number – 324 (0.3 mile walk)
• Free parking on site for car drivers

We are kind and compassionate. Positive and resilient. Proactive and organised. Honest and accountable. Passionate and keen to develop. If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.

You don’t need experience to become a Care Assistant, just good written and verbal communication, and some IT skills. An NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social care is a big advantage.

About Signature

Signature Senior Lifestyle offer unrivalled residential and dementia care in luxury homes. We strive for excellence in everything we do, and make a real difference to our residents’ lives. Our team is one of our biggest assets. We cultivate a supportive environment for our people, with tailored training and career development at all levels.

Wake up to the compassion inside you.

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