Care Assistant - Care Home

Integrated Care System; Lymm; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK seeks a Care Assistant to support older residents in a care home. Responsibilities include assisting with daily living, offering companionship, and ensuring quality care. Must have experience in caring for older people and excellent communication skills. The role offers a competitive pay and comprehensive training in a nurturing environment.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Some experience of caring for older people is essential.
• A warm-hearted approach is necessary.
• Compassion for delivering quality care is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with daily living activities.
• Provide support and companionship.
• Ensure residents receive one-to-one time as needed.

Skills

Experience caring for older people

Excellent communication skills

Compassion

Can-do approach

Job description

This is a role as a Care Assistant in a Barchester Healthcare care home. The Care Assistant will help residents enjoy each day by providing quality care and support, assisting with daily living, and sharing great moments and memories. It's a chance to use your dedication and compassion in a fulfilling environment, where every day will be different and rewarding.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, dedicated to delivering the highest quality of care and support to their residents. They operate over 200 care homes across the country, employing a team of passionate and skilled professionals to ensure the wellbeing and comfort of their residents.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.

REWARDS PACKAGE

In return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:

Free training and development for all rolesAccess to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savingsUnlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus schemeEmployee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'

And so much more!

If you'd like to use your people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• To join as a Care Assistant, you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach, and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will be essential, and you'll need to have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all residents.

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.