Care Assistant - Full Time Days

Prime Life; Oadby; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded DBS

Holiday Pay

Refer a Friend bonus up to £250

Shift patterns across 7 days

Job summary

Prime Life is hiring a Care Assistant at Woodlands Care Home in the Oadby area of Leicester. You will support residents with daily living tasks, meals and mobility, while providing companionship and maintaining records. The role offers full-time hours with shift patterns across a 7-day week.

Hourly pay ranges from £12.96 to £13.32 depending on qualification, with fully funded DBS, comprehensive holiday pay, and a Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £250 per successful candidate.

Qualifications

• A genuine caring nature and patient approach.
• Full training provided; prior care experience desirable but not required.
• Understanding of dementia beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene and dressing.
• Help residents dine and maintain nutrition and hydration.
• Encourage safe mobility with aids and equipment.
• Provide friendship and accompany on outings or appointments.
• Maintain accurate records and complete documentation.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to support health and well-being.
• Greet family members and assist with enquiries.

Skills

Caring nature

Patient

Respectful

Dementia understanding

Job description

including; - Hourly rates of pay ranging from £12.96 to £13.32 per hour dependent upon qualification level - Opportunities to learn and progress with the support of our dedicated Quality Matters team - Fully funded DBS - Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme that rewards you for your commitment to care - Fantastic Refer a Friend scheme, offering up to £250 per successful candidate!

Make a difference every day and give back to your community! Prime Life are on the lookout for passionate and dedicated care professionals to join our friendly team as a Care Assistant, on a full time basis. At present, we have several vacancies available and are keen to meet with candidates as soon as possible for interviews.

Responsibilities of our Care Assistant

• Assisting residents with their personal hygiene and choosing an outfit for the day ahead
• Supporting residents to dine at mealtimes and maintain good nutrition and hydration
• Encouraging residents to mobilise safely around the home, with the support of mobility aids and specialist equipment
• Providing friendship and companionship, and accompanying residents on social outings or appointments
• Maintaining accurate and timely written records and completing documentation
• Being a part of a multi-disciplinary team and engaging with other care professionals, as and when required, to promote the health and well-being of our residents
• Welcoming family members to the home and assisting with enquiries

What we're looking for in our Care Assistant

To be successful within this role, you will have a genuine caring nature and a desire to make a real difference for our residents. Though prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support worker is desirable, this is not essential as full training is provided. Typically, our residents live with age related conditions, life-limiting health conditions and physical disabilities that require dignified support from our care team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident's individual abilities. Additionally, many of our residents live with dementia and as such an understanding of dementia would be beneficial.

Benefits of becoming our Care Assistant

This role will be based at Woodlands Care Home in the Oadby area of Leicester. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 26 residents, living with a range physical and mental health conditions, some related to age, which require dignified support from our caring team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident's individual abilities. Benefits of becoming our Care Assistant: This role offers great work life balance, with regular set shift patterns across a 7-day working week. In return for your commitment to our residents, we can offer range of excellent benefits