Care Assistant - Days

Signature Senior Lifestyle Limited; Hertford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading luxury care provider as a Care Assistant in Hertford, where you’ll provide essential support to residents in a nurturing environment. Your role will involve assisting with daily activities and fostering meaningful relationships, all while enjoying competitive pay and comprehensive benefits. Signature Senior Lifestyle values compassion and offers ongoing career development opportunities, making it a rewarding place to work.

Benefits

Up to 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Free meals on shift for staff working 6+ hours

Life Assurance Scheme

Refer A Friend Incentive

Ongoing career training and development

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Study support

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Compassionate and respectful towards residents.
• Ability to assist with daily living activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with washing, dressing, and eating.
• Develop strong relationships with residents and families.
• Contribute to residents' Care Plans.

Skills

Communication

Compassion

Organisational skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care

Job description

You’ll be part of a caring, supportive team with exciting career development opportunities, and flexible full and part-time hours, when you join Signature Senior Lifestyle as a Care Assistant at our luxury care and nursing home in Hertford.

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Your role at Signature

We’ll need you to bring your compassion and uniqueness to this role. Your days as a Care Assistant will be varied, interesting and rewarding, from general care right through to specialist dementia care. You’ll assist residents with washing, dressing, eating, drinking and getting around. You’ll help them make their apartments feel like home. You’ll enjoy their favourite activities with them, like bingo, shopping and live music. You’ll develop strong relationships with the individuals you work with, and their families.

You’ll be respectful of residents’ choices, dignity and independence, always. You’ll also be integral to developing residents Care Plans, which includes being aware of any specialist support needs.

What Signature Offer

• From £12.90 per hour
• Full time Day shifts available
• Up to 30 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, depending on length of service
• Free meals on shift for staff working 6+ hours
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Refer A Friend Incentive £50 voucher and up to £1,000 cash bonus
• Ongoing career training and development
• Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health support and wellbeing services
• Plus cycle to work scheme, study support, long service awards and more

Transport Links

• Commuting – Hertford East (0.6 miles) and Hertford North (0.7 miles)
• Bus number – 324 (0.3 mile walk)
• Free parking on site for car drivers

Signature People

We are kind and compassionate. Positive and resilient. Proactive and organised. Honest and accountable. Passionate and keen to develop. If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.

You don’t need experience to become a Care Assistant, just good written and verbal communication, and some IT skills. An NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social care is a big advantage.

About Signature

Signature Senior Lifestyle offer unrivalled residential and dementia care in luxury homes. We strive for excellence in everything we do, and make a real difference to our residents’ lives. Our team is one of our biggest assets. We cultivate a supportive environment for our people, with tailored training and career development at all levels.

Wake up to the compassion inside you. Apply to Signature Senior Lifestyle today.

We care as much for our team as we do for our residents. WakeuptobetteratSignature!