Care Assistant

Signature Senior Lifestyle Limited; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Signature Senior Lifestyle as a Care Assistant in Kingston upon Thames, providing compassionate care within a team-oriented environment. This role involves supporting residents' daily needs and building meaningful relationships, while offering excellent career development opportunities. Flexible full and part-time hours are available.

Benefits

Up to 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Free meals on shift for staff working 6+ hours

Life Assurance Scheme

Refer A Friend Incentive up to £1,000

Ongoing career training and development

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• Some IT skills necessary.
• NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care is a big advantage.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with washing, dressing, eating, and getting around.
• Develop residents' Care Plans, being aware of specialist support needs.
• Engage residents in activities like bingo, shopping, and live music.

Skills

Communication

Compassion

IT Skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care

Job description

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 Kingston upon Thames.

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Your role at Signature

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 £13.10 per hour
• Shift times: 07.00am - 21.30pm, 07.00am-14.30pm and 14.00pm-21.30pm
• Full time
• 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 - Norbiton nearest train station
• Walking - 25 minutes from nearest train station
• Driving - M25/A3 nearest motorway

Signature People

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. Apply to Signature Senior Lifestyle today.

We care as much for our team as we do for our residents. WakeuptobetteratSignature!