Care Assistant - Nights

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Knowle; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading elderly care provider in the UK is seeking a Care Assistant to deliver personal care to residents. The role requires effective communication skills and respect for residents' dignity. Experience is not needed as thorough training is provided. This position offers flexible working hours, ensuring a supportive environment for both residents and staff.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene to promote independence.
• Recognise clinical risk areas and escalate in a timely manner.
• Practice safe systems of work across all tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Initiative

Respectfulness

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful lives together. They operate a growing network of over 100 homes across the UK and aim to provide a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift Details: 2 x 25 hours per week, 7 pm - 07:30 am

As a Care Assistant, you will deliver high standards of personal care to residents, contribute to the care team to ensure continuity of services, assist with personal hygiene, recognise clinical risk areas and escalate identified risks promptly, and maintain dignity and individuality of residents. You will work within safe systems of work and benefit from Avery’s thorough induction and training program.

Other responsibilities include:

• Assisting residents with personal hygiene to promote independence, dignity and respect.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas (e.g., weight loss, pressure areas, risk of falls, signs of infection) and escalating risks in a timely manner.
• Being courteous to residents and visitors and respecting each resident’s dignity and individuality.
• Practicing safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About you

To be successful, you should live Avery’s values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable. Experience is not required, as a thorough induction and training program is provided to ensure confidence in the role.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful toward residents and other people in the home.
• Be an efficient worker who can follow reasonable instructions from other team members.
• 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 enriching, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members alike. With a vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we offer exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes, in 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

Qualifications

• Experience is not required, as Avery Healthcare provides thorough induction and training to ensure confidence in the role. The ideal candidate must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, demonstrate initiative and respect toward residents and staff, be an efficient worker who can follow 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 requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.