Care Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Stafford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK is seeking a Care Assistant to deliver high standards of personal care to residents and contribute to the care team. The role involves assisting residents, recognising clinical risks, and working in a caring and supportive environment. Experience is not required as full training and induction are provided. This position offers a chance to make a positive impact in the lives of residents while working within a dedicated team.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assisting residents with personal hygiene and care, ensuring dignity and respect.
• Recognising and escalating clinical risks in residents.
• Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors.
• Practising safe systems of work across tasks.

Job description

Overview

This is a role as a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The role involves delivering high standards of personal care to residents, contributing to the care team, and ensuring continuity of services. Avery Healthcare is passionate about creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees, and this role offers the opportunity to be part of a supportive and inspiring environment.

Main duties

As a Care Assistant, your focus will be on delivering high standards of personal care to residents, contributing to the care team, and ensuring continuity of services. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting residents with personal hygiene and care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect at all times.
• Recognising and escalating 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.

Other aspects of the role include demonstrating initiative, being adaptable, and working in a safe and accountable manner.

About Avery

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK\'s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. The company is committed to creating meaningful lives together for both residents and employees, and offers a supportive and inspiring environment where people can thrive. Avery Healthcare has a growing network of over 100 homes and is dedicated to providing exceptional care and enriching experiences for its residents.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: Recruiting for both 38.5 hours and 33 hours per week

Shift Details: 08:00 to 20:00

At Avery Healthcare, we are about supporting the people who care for our residents. We 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 are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you\'ll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We\'re looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we\'d love to hear from you!

Job description

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 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.

• 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 are 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 are 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 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

• Experience is not 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 residents, be an efficient worker who can follow instructions, 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.