Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading care provider in Moulton is seeking a Care Assistant to deliver high standards of personal care to residents at Ashurst Mews Care Home. You will play a crucial role in ensuring residents' dignity and independence while recognizing clinical risks. No specific qualifications are needed as comprehensive training will be provided. The position requires effective communication and respect towards residents, with a supportive culture for professional growth.

Benefits

Comprehensive training program

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required, as thorough training is provided.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents with their personal hygiene and recognize clinical risks.
• Practice safe systems of work across various tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Initiative

Respectfulness

Flexibility

Job description

This role as a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare's Ashurst Mews Care Home in Northampton is an opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of the residents. The role involves delivering high standards of personal care, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors. Avery Healthcare is committed to creating a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant, your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. This will involve assisting residents with their personal hygiene, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors. You will be expected to practice safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About us

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 passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and their team, and offer exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. Avery Healthcare is committed to building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift details; 12 hour day shift, 08.00am - 20.00pm, Average 38.5hrs per week, includes fair weekend working on rota basis

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we’re here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you’ll be making a positive impact on residents’ lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We’re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you’ll 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, sign 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.
• 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 are proud to 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

• No specific qualifications are required, as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate should 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 from other team members, 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.