Care Assistant

NHS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury elderly care provider in Sheffield seeks a dedicated Care Assistant to deliver high standards of personal care and contribute to a caring team. No prior experience required as comprehensive training is provided. The ideal candidate will possess effective communication skills and demonstrate initiative and respect for residents. This role offers a meaningful opportunity to positively impact residents' lives.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrates initiative and respect towards residents and other people in the home.
• Efficient worker able to carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
• Adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents in all personal hygiene care.
• Recognize clinical risk areas in residents and escalate risks.
• Practice safe systems of work across various tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Initiative

Respect towards residents

Ability to follow instructions

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful lives together. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Care Assistant to join their award-winning team in Sheffield. The role involves delivering high standards of personal care and contributing to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift Details: 2 x 21 hour contracts

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support you every step of the way. You will make a positive impact on residents’ lives through your compassion and dedication. You will have opportunities to learn and develop in a caring, supportive environment, within a close-knit team that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Care Assistant and would love to hear from you.

About the role

Your focus as a Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, and to contribute fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.

Other responsibilities

• Assisting residents in all personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect at all times.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents (e.g., weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infections) and escalating identified risks in a timely manner.
• Acting courteously towards residents and visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practising safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About you

To be successful, 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 in the role.

Ideal candidate requirements:

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrates initiative and respect towards residents and other people in the home.
• Efficient worker able to carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
• Adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we are a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. We believe the later years of life should be enriching, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and team members. With a vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we offer exceptional care across our network of over 100 homes, fostering a supportive and empowering environment for employees.

Additional information

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 prior experience is required, as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate must have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents and other people in the home, be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions, and be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Disclosure and DBS

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 (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.