Care Assistant - Nights

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of luxury elderly care homes is seeking a dedicated Care Assistant. The role involves delivering high standards of personal care, assisting residents with hygiene, and recognizing clinical risks. Ideal candidates will communicate effectively and demonstrate initiative, with no prior experience required as training is provided. Join a supportive team that values respect and compassion in Chertsey, England.

Qualifications

• No prior experience is required; thorough induction and training provided.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents and team members.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene and ensure dignity and respect.
• Recognize and report clinical risks in residents timely.

Skills

Effective communication

Adaptability

Respectful interaction

Initiative

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents and their teams. We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Care Assistant to join our award-winning team and positively impact residents' lives every day.

Main duties and responsibilities

As a Care Assistant, your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care and contribute to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. This includes assisting residents with personal hygiene, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and visitors while respecting their dignity and individuality. You will practice safe systems of work across a range of tasks.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a vision of creating meaningful lives together. We are passionate about creating an enriching environment for residents and our team, offering exceptional care and supporting employees to grow and develop throughout their careers.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare we are about supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you will be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you will experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to 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 a Care Assistant is to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.

Other responsibilities include:

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

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 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 residents and other people in the home.
• Be an efficient worker who can carry out reasonable instructions from other team members.
• Be able to be adaptive 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 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 our 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.

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; the ideal candidate should have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents, be an efficient worker who can follow instructions, and be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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