Care Assistant - Bank

NHS; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider in Stratford-upon-Avon seeks a dedicated Care Assistant. You will deliver high personal care standards, assist with hygiene, and ensure residents' dignity. While experience is not required, the ideal candidate should communicate effectively and be adaptive. Join a team that values respect and commitment in a supportive environment, making a positive impact on residents' lives every day.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents.
• Be an efficient worker who follows instructions.
• Ability to adapt and be flexible in covering various responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents in personal hygiene ensuring dignity and respect.
• Recognize clinical risks in residents and escalate as necessary.
• Act courteously towards residents and visitors.
• Practice safe systems of work in various tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Initiative

Respectfulness

Flexibility

Efficiency

Job description

Overview

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 residents and team members, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. As a Care Assistant, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on residents' lives every day, working in a caring, supportive environment with opportunities for growth and development.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant, your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. Your responsibilities will include assisting residents with personal hygiene care, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas, acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, and practicing safe systems of work. You will be required to have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect, be an efficient worker, and be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

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 committed to helping their team members grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout their careers. Avery Healthcare values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Shift Details - Bank Shifts

At Avery Healthcare, we are about supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support our teams, and joining us means making a positive impact on residents' lives every day. You will grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you will experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We are 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!

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, sign of infections and escalate 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 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 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 UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we’re 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

• Experience is not required, as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate must have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect, be an efficient worker, and be adaptive and flexible.

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.