Care Assistant - Nights

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading elderly care provider in Stratford-upon-Avon is seeking a Care Assistant to deliver high standards of personal care. You will assist residents with their personal hygiene while ensuring their dignity and respect. This role is ideal for individuals who are caring, supportive, and flexible. Prior experience is not required as comprehensive training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents.
• Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions.
• Ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents in personal hygiene care for dignity and respect.
• Recognize clinical risks and escalate promptly.
• Act courteously towards residents and visitors.
• Practise safe systems of work.

Skills

Effective communication

Demonstrate initiative

Respectful towards residents

Adaptive and flexible

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 team members, and strive to build a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

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.

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 escalating any identified risks in a timely manner.
• Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practising safe systems of work across the range of task.

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 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 our residents and our team. Our vision is "creating meaningful lives together," and we proudly offer exceptional care across a 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.

Additional information

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Qualifications

No specific qualifications are 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, be an efficient worker, 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.