Care Assistant (Days)

Mariposa Care Group Ltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care options

Refer a Friend bonus

Friendly team

Training and career development

Job summary

Mariposa Care Group Ltd is seeking caring individuals to join Briardene Nursing Home. The role includes personal care, supporting daily activities, and building relationships with residents in a home-like environment.

We offer a private health care option, a refer-a-friend bonus, a supportive team, and opportunities for training and internal progression.

Qualifications

• A warm, kind and compassionate person.
• Great listening skills and a willingness to work as part of a team.
• Self-motivated and flexible.
• Honest and open to learning from feedback.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care and support to residents, taking time to ensure that people retain their dignity, respect and privacy.
• Helping with day-to-day activities, always with a smile.
• Building meaningful relationships and making our home feel like home for our residents.
• Ensuring all care is documented and agreed procedures and processes are followed at all times.

Skills

Compassionate

Teamwork

Listening skills

Flexibility

Motivated

Honest

Job description

We’re on the lookout for caring, compassionate individuals to join our friendly care teamat Briardene Nursing Home. If you want tomakea difference in people’s lives, this could be the perfect role for you.

Pay Rate:£13.57per hour plus £2per hour enhanced overtime rates

Why you’ll love working with us:

• Health Scheme -We care about YOU, so we offer private health care options helping reduce the cost of essential bills, such as dental and optical treatment.
• Refer a Friend Scheme-Fancy earning an extra £1000? Refer a friend and when they pass their probation period, the bonus is yours!
• A friendly, supportive team where your hard work is truly appreciated.
• Training and career developmentso you canprogress your career with us. We have an excellent track record of internal promotion and we want you to succeed!

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing personal care and support to residents, taking time to ensure that people retain their dignity, respect and privacy.
• Helping with day-to-day activities, always with a smile.
• Building meaningful relationships and making our home feel like home for our residents.
• Ensuring all care is documented and agreed procedures and processes are followed at all times.

What we’re looking for:

• A warm, kind and compassionate person. We know that people from different walks of life can become the very best carers - what’s most important is that you share the same caring workplace values as us.
• Great listening skills and a willingness to work as part of a team.
• Self motivated and flexible.
• Honest and open to learning from feedback.

Our recruitment process

Any conditional offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory background checks, including obtaining suitable references and criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. We require you to have a good standard of English and numeracy skills, and a passion for looking afterthe adults in your care.

We endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email [e-mail]

We are committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.

Job titles can vary – this role is also known as carer, healthcare assistant, care practitioner, care worker, support worker, care practitioner, social care.