Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading care home provider in Shalford is seeking a Care Assistant to deliver high standards of personal care and assist residents with personal hygiene. No specific qualifications are required, as a thorough induction and training program is provided. The role offers opportunities to demonstrate care and respect towards residents in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents.
• Be an efficient worker who can follow instructions.
• Ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene while ensuring dignity.
• Recognise and report clinical risks in residents.
• Participate in the induction and training programme.

Skills

Effective communication

Initiative

Respect towards residents

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes. They are committed to creating meaningful lives together and providing a supportive and inspiring environment for their employees, where they feel valued and empowered every day.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift details: 07:00 - 19:30 or 19:30 - 07:00

This position is to work on the Memory Care floor.

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, you will deliver high standards of personal care, contribute fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents, assist residents with personal hygiene care, recognise and understand clinical risk areas, and act courteously towards residents and their visitors. The role includes participating in the induction and training programme to build confidence in the role.

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 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 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 alike, and offer exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes.

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 are 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 provides a thorough induction and training program. The ideal candidate should have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents, be an efficient worker, and be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

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.