Care Assistant

Bidvane; Stafford; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

The Avery Healthcare Group is hiring a Care Assistant at Crispin Court Care Home in Stafford. This role focuses on providing personal care and hygiene support with a thorough induction and training programme.

No prior experience is required, and the team will support you to learn and grow. You will uphold residents' dignity, follow safe working practices, and complete DBS checks and work eligibility verification as part of joining the home.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required.
• DBS disclosure check.
• Eligibility to work in the UK required.
• Live the values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care and contribute to the care team to ensure continuity of service.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene care, promoting independence, dignity and respect.
• Recognise clinical risk areas such as weight loss, pressure sores, falls risk and signs of infection, and escalate identified risks promptly.
• Act courteously towards residents and visitors, respecting each resident's dignity and individuality.
• Practise safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Respect for residents

Adaptability

Follow instructions

Job description

This Care Assistant post is based at Crispin Court Care Home, which Avery Healthcare Group runs. The work centres on personal care and hygiene support for residents, with close attention to early signs of decline such as weight loss, pressure sores, falls risk and infection, which must be escalated promptly. No prior experience is needed, as a full induction and training programme is provided, but the role calls for flexibility to cover a range of tasks at short notice. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

What the job involves

• Deliver high standards of personal care and contribute to the care team to ensure continuity of service
• Assist residents with personal hygiene care, promoting independence, dignity and respect
• Recognise clinical risk areas such as weight loss, pressure sores, falls risk and signs of infection, and escalated identified risks in a timely manner
• Act courteously towards residents and visitors, respecting each resident's dignity and individuality
• Practise safe systems of work across the range of tasks

Experience

• No prior experience required

Skills & knowledge

• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Show initiative and respect towards residents and others in the home
• Follow reasonable instructions from team members
• Adapt and flex to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice

Checks & eligibility

• DBS disclosure check
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK

Other

• Live the values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable

What’s offered

• Thorough induction and training programme
• Opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career
• DBS check cost met by Avery Healthcare