Care Assistant - Nights

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading elderly care provider in Birmingham is seeking a warm, enthusiastic Care Assistant. In this role, you'll assist residents with personal care and contribute to a supportive team environment. Ideal candidates should be respectful, adaptable, and able to communicate effectively, with no prior experience required as training is provided.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Must demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents.
• Must be an efficient worker who can carry out reasonable instructions.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents in all personal hygiene care.
• Recognise and understand clinical risk areas in residents.
• Act courteously towards residents and their visitors.

Skills

Effective communication

Respectfulness

Adaptability

Initiative

Job description

Avery Healthcare is seeking a warm, enthusiastic Care Assistant to join our award-winning team. This role offers the opportunity to make a positive impact on residents’ lives within a caring, supportive environment.

About the role

Your focus as a Care Assistant is to deliver high standards of personal care and to contribute fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.

Job responsibilities

• Assisting residents in all personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect at all times.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents (e.g., weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infection) and escalating identified risks in a timely manner.
• Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practising safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK\'s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With over 100 homes, we offer exceptional care and a supportive, inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

About you

To be successful, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we provide a thorough induction and training programme to build confidence in your role. Our ideal candidate must:

• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents and other people in the home.
• Be an efficient worker who can carry out reasonable instructions from other team members.
• Be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UK\'s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With a vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Qualifications and requirements

• DBS Disclosure check (cost covered by Avery Healthcare).
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Disclosure and safeguarding

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.