Care Assistant Days

Springcare Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the United Kingdom is looking for Care Assistants to join their team at Sandiway Lodge. The successful candidates will support residents with daily activities and enhance their well-being. The role offers both full and part-time contracts with multiple shift patterns, as well as training and development opportunities. Ideal candidates are compassionate with good communication skills, dedicated to providing excellent care and support.

Benefits

Access to Blue Light Card

Fully funded training for recognized qualifications

Permanent contracts with a pension scheme

Refer a friend scheme

Access to counselling support

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand‑held device.
• Desire to help people and support residents' well-being.

Responsibilities

• Help with washing and dressing residents.
• Assist with feeding and mealtimes.
• Engage with residents' interests and needs.
• Maintain a clean environment in private bedrooms and communal areas.
• Support physical and mental well-being through activities.

Skills

Compassion

Sensitivity

Excellent communication skills

Patience

Attention to detail

Job description

Sandiway Lodge - Care Days

Available - 18 hours.

We now have an opportunity for carers to join Sandiway Lodge, where every day you can make a difference to someone's life.

Here at Sandiway Lodge, we believe that good carers have many great qualities that make them excellent at their job.

What qualities does it take to be a Care Assistant at Sandiway Lodge?

• Compassion, sensitivity and understanding
• A desire to help people
• People skills and excellent communication skills
• Patience and the ability to keep calm and work well under pressure
• To be thorough and pay attention to detail
• To be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand‑held device

Not only do our care team provide nursing care to our residents, they also help to make our residents’ lives fulfilled, treat each resident with dignity & respect, and care for them all as if they were their own family.

About the role:

• Helping with washing and dressing
• Assisting with feeding and mealtimes
• Finding out and knowing residents’ interests and needs
• General housekeeping such as tidying residents’ private bedrooms and communal areas
• Supporting each resident’s physical and mental wellbeing through activities

Our care team provides 24‑hour care, where day care shifts are worked from 8 am until 8 pm, and night‑time shifts are from 8 pm until 8 am.

Typical Shift patterns for Day or Night Contracts

Day Shift Contracts

• 8 am until 8 pm
• 8 am until 2 pm
• 2 pm until 8 pm

Night Shift Contracts

• 8 pm until 8 am

What Springcare can offer to you:

• Permanent full and part‑time day or night contracts – with access to our work‑placed pension scheme
• Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay
• Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
• Fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications (level 2 through to 5) with internal career progression opportunities
• Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support
• Family friendly policies
• Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal

If you are interested in becoming a carer with Springcare, have the qualities that we believe make our carers fantastic, we would love to hear from you and be part of your journey in care.

Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.

Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all of our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care.