Care Assistant - Full Time, Day Shifts, Flexible

Pilgrims' Friend Society; Great Finborough; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Friendly staff team

Assigned buddy

Management support

Flexible working hours

Team events

Care Friends referral

Perkbox with Employee assistance

Long-standing service rewards

Birthday rewards

Job summary

Pilgrims’ Friend Society in Great Finborough (near Stowmarket) is seeking a Care Assistant to join the day shift team, supporting 32 residents across residential, dementia and respite care. You will provide high-quality care, assist with personal hygiene, help residents eat and drink, respect individuality, and encourage independence with dignity.

We emphasize teamwork, empathy for older people, and a warm, community-focused environment in a modern home.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed.
• Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks when needed.
• You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have empathy with them; you need to 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; and you need to be well-organised, adaptable and practical.

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.
• 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.
• Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed.
• Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks when needed.

Job description

Pilgrims’ Friend Society in Great Finborough (near Stowmarket) is seeking a Care Assistant to join the day shift team, supporting 32 residents across residential, dementia and respite care. You will provide high-quality care, assist with personal hygiene, help residents eat and drink, respect individuality, and encourage independence with dignity.

We emphasize teamwork, empathy for older people, and a warm, community-focused environment in a modern home.