Care Assistant

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury elderly care provider is seeking a Care Assistant to deliver high-quality personal care to residents. You will assist with personal hygiene, recognize clinical risks, and work as part of a supportive care team. This role offers thorough induction and training, making it suitable even for those without prior experience. The ideal candidate will demonstrate effective communication and flexibility in a caring environment. You will be part of a network dedicated to creating meaningful lives for residents.

Benefits

Thorough induction and training

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents.
• Efficient worker who can follow instructions.
• Adaptive and flexible to cover responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents in personal hygiene while ensuring independence.
• Recognize clinical risk areas and escalate timely.
• Act courteously towards residents and visitors.

Skills

Effective communication

Initiative

Respectfulness

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality personal care to residents, contributing to the care team, and ensuring continuity of services. Avery is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, committed to creating meaningful lives together for both residents and employees.

Responsibilities

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. 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 escalating any identified risks in a timely manner.
• Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practising safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About You / Qualifications

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 Avery offers 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.

Additional Requirements

• 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.