Care Assistant - Nights

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Camberley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a compassionate Care Assistant in Camberley. This role involves delivering exceptional personal care and supporting the wellbeing of residents. No prior experience is necessary, as comprehensive training will be provided. Ideal candidates will demonstrate effective communication skills and respect for all residents, ensuring a dignified care environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene while ensuring dignity and respect.
• Recognise and escalate clinical risk areas timely.

Skills

Effective communication

Respect towards residents

Initiative

Flexibility

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with over 100 homes across the country. The company is committed to creating meaningful lives together, offering exceptional care and a supportive, inspiring environment for both residents and employees.

Overview

As a Care Assistant, you will deliver high-quality personal care, contributing to the care team and ensuring continuity of services for residents. Avery values respect, compassion, and exceptional care, offering a supportive environment for professional growth and development.

Main duties of the job

Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. This includes assisting residents with personal hygiene, recognising and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors while respecting the dignity and individuality of each person. Avery provides a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within the role, even if you have no prior experience.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare we celebrate and support our teams. When you join us, you will be making a positive impact on residents’ lives through your compassion and dedication. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. We value a culture of respect, compassion, and exceptional care. We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant.

About the role

Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect at all times.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas (e.g., weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infection) and escalating any 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 you

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

• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents and other people in the home.
• Be an efficient worker who can carry 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. With a vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Other requirements

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No prior experience is required, as Avery Healthcare provides a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate should have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents and other team members, be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions, and be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.