Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading provider of elderly care homes is seeking a Care Assistant in Sunderland. In this role, you will deliver high standards of personal care, assisting residents with hygiene and recognizing clinical risks. No prior experience is necessary, as comprehensive training will be provided. Ideal candidates should communicate effectively, demonstrate respect, and be adaptable. Join us in creating meaningful experiences for our residents and enhancing their quality of life.

Benefits

Thorough induction and training programme

DBS Disclosure check covered by employer

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents and others.
• Efficient worker who can follow instructions.
• Adaptive and flexible to a range of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents in personal hygiene care.
• Understand and escalate clinical risks in residents.
• Act courteously towards residents and visitors.
• Practice safe systems of work across tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Demonstrating initiative

Flexibility

Respectfulness

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team alike, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." Avery is committed to supporting and empowering their teams, providing a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued every day.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. You will assist residents with their personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity, and respect. You will also recognize and understand clinical risk areas in residents, escalating any identified risks in a timely manner. Additionally, you will act courteously towards residents and their visitors, practicing 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, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team alike, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." Avery is committed to supporting and empowering their teams, providing a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued every day.

Package description

Shift details: two week rolling rota

Job responsibilities

• 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 task.

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.

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 UKs 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.

Qualifications

Experience is not required as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate should have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, demonstrate initiative and respect towards 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.