Care Assistant Nights

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

Job summary

A prominent elderly care provider in Coventry is seeking a dedicated Care Assistant to deliver high standards of personal care to residents. The role involves assisting with personal hygiene, recognizing clinical risk areas, and ensuring the dignity and respect of residents. No prior experience is needed as comprehensive training will be provided. Join a team that values respect and compassion in delivering exceptional care.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction and training programme

Supportive working environment

Opportunity for career development

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• No prior experience required; comprehensive training provided.
• Must demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene and care.
• Recognize clinical risks and escalate issues timely.
• Practice safe systems of work across all tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Demonstrating initiative

Respectfulness

Flexibility

Efficient work

Job description

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, you will be responsible for delivering high standards of personal care to residents, contributing to the care team, and ensuring continuity of services. You will be part of a close-knit team that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

Job responsibilities

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 will include assisting residents with their personal hygiene, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors. You will be expected to practice safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

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

About the role

Shift Pattern: 8am - 8pm. This role involves supporting the people who care for our residents and requires a compassionate, dedicated approach. Avery offers a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within the role, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.

Additional context: Were now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear from you.

About the company

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and their team, and believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other. Avery offers exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

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 are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.

• 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 able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we’re not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re 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. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Required checks

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 offers a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within the role. However, you must have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, demonstrate initiative and respect towards the residents and other people in the home, be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members, and be able to be adaptive 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 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.