Care Assistant - Nights

NHS; Ilkley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in elderly care is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Care Assistant to join their award-winning team. This role focuses on delivering high-quality personal care to residents, ensuring their dignity and independence. With a commitment to exceptional care and a supportive environment, this position offers opportunities for growth and development. Join a close-knit team that values respect and compassion, and make a positive impact on the lives of residents every day. If you are enthusiastic and caring, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive in a rewarding role.

Benefits

Thorough induction and training program

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene while ensuring dignity and respect.

Skills

Effective Communication

Initiative

Respectfulness

Adaptability

Education

No formal experience required

Job description

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, offering exceptional care and a supportive environment for their teams. They are currently seeking a dedicated Care Assistant to join their award-winning team at their Ilkley Burley in Wharfedale location, working nights to deliver high-quality personal care to residents.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant, your focus will be on delivering personal care to residents while ensuring their dignity, independence, and safety. You will be part of a close-knit team, contributing to the continuity of services and recognizing and addressing any clinical risks. Effective communication, initiative, and adaptability are key to success in this role.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together'. They are committed to supporting their teams, offering a caring and empowering environment with opportunities for growth and development.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we are here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll 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. And as part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We're 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 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 of individuals at all times.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs 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 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 are proud to 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 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.

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

• Experience is not 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 be an efficient and adaptable worker.

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.