Care Assistant - Nights

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

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider in the UK is seeking a Care Assistant to join their team. The role involves delivering high-quality personal care to residents, ensuring their dignity and respect. Candidates should demonstrate effective communication, initiative, and adaptability. No prior experience is required as training will be provided. This position offers a supportive environment focused on employees' growth and development.

Benefits

Comprehensive training program

Supportive work environment

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• No prior experience required, thorough induction and training provided.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents and staff.
• Be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene ensuring dignity and respect.
• Recognize and escalate clinical risk areas promptly.
• Practice safe systems of work across all tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Adaptability

Initiative

Respectfulness

Efficiency

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and employees, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." Avery is committed to supporting and celebrating their teams, providing a caring, supportive environment with opportunities for growth and development.

Main duties of the job

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 to ensure continuity of services. Your duties include assisting residents with personal hygiene, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas, acting courteously towards residents and visitors, and practicing safe systems of work.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents and employees. They offer a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered, with opportunities for growth and development.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are dedicated to supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support our teams and aim to make a positive impact on residents’ lives every day. We offer a caring, supportive environment with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. 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 is to deliver high standards of personal care and to contribute fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services for residents.

Other responsibilities will 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, signs of infections and escalating 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 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 in the 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 our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us to see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Job description & responsibilities

Package Description: (see above) At Avery Healthcare, we support the people who care for our residents and celebrate their contributions. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.

ABOUT THE ROLE

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

Other responsibilities will include:

• Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care, ensuring independence, dignity and respect.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents, escalating identified risks promptly.
• Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting each resident’s dignity and individuality.
• Practising safe systems of work across tasks.

ABOUT YOU

Our values are caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable. Training is provided to ensure confidence in the role.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents and staff.
• Be an efficient worker who can follow reasonable instructions.
• Be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery (continued)

We are a forward-thinking employer focusing on enriching the later years of life through meaningful care and a supportive work culture. We have a clear vision of creating meaningful lives together, with a growing network of over 100 homes.

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, be an efficient worker, and be adaptable 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 (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.