Care Assistant — Flexible Shifts & Supportive Team

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Haslemere; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Perkbox – including an Employee assis

Job summary

Pilgrims’ Friend Society in Preston is seeking compassionate Care Assistants to join our friendly care team in a busy home setting.

You will provide high-quality personal care, assist residents with bathing, meals and daily activities, and help maintain dignity and comfort while promoting independence and community involvement.

We offer flexible working hours, buddy support, staff training and rewards, with Perkbox and wellbeing benefits.

Qualifications

• Provide high quality, professional care to residents.
• Help a resident with personal cleanliness such as bathing.
• Support residents to eat and drink.
• Get to know residents to comfort, assist and give reassurance.
• Treat residents with dignity and respect.
• Support independence and community involvement within the home.
• Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks.
• Be empathetic with older people and able to work in a team.
• Be well-organised, adaptable and practical.
• Career development opportunities and ongoing staff support.
• Friendly and committed staff team with buddy system.
• Flexible working hours available.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, professional service of care to our residents.
• Help a resident with personal cleanliness such as helping a resident with a bath.
• Support residents to eat and drink.
• Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed.
• Treat others as individuals with unique and diverse needs.
• Treat our residents with dignity and respect.
• Support our residents to keep independent and healthy and encourage them to be part of the community within the home.
• Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks when needed.
• Be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have empathy with them.
• Be able to work in a team and be willing to take on any task to provide an excellent level of care to our clients.

Skills

Care experience

Empathy

Team player

Well-organised

Flexible working

Job description

Pilgrims’ Friend Society in Preston is seeking compassionate Care Assistants to join our friendly care team in a busy home setting.

You will provide high-quality personal care, assist residents with bathing, meals and daily activities, and help maintain dignity and comfort while promoting independence and community involvement.

We offer flexible working hours, buddy support, staff training and rewards, with Perkbox and wellbeing benefits.