Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading elderly care provider in Knowle seeks a compassionate Care Assistant to join their team. In this role, you will provide personal care and support to residents while ensuring their dignity and respect. Training is available, and the ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and the ability to adapt to various responsibilities. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of residents within a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents.
• Capable of adapting and covering a range of responsibilities promptly.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist with personal hygiene, ensuring dignity and respect.
• Identify and escalate clinical risk areas for residents.

Skills

Effective communication

Respectfulness

Initiative

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join their award-winning team as a Care Assistant.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift Details - 08:00 - 20:00 includes alternate weekends.

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support our teams every step of the way. When you join us, you will be making a positive impact on residents’ lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you will experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

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, signs 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 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 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 advert 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 is proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate must have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards the residents and other people in the home, be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions, and be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover 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 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.