Care Assistant - Nights (Cotleigh Residential Home)

Sheffcare Ltd; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full induction & ongoing training

Guaranteed hours & permanent contract

NEST pension scheme

Subsidised meals & free drinks

Refer a Friend scheme

Gift days & enhanced holiday schedule

Job summary

Sheffcare Ltd invites applications for a Nights Care Support Worker at our Cotleigh residential home in Hackenthorpe, Sheffield. The role focuses on supporting residents with independence, personal care, and participation in wellbeing activities, across 7:30pm–7:30am shifts three nights per week with weekend work.

Induction and ongoing training are provided. We value kindness, dignity and respect, and offer permanent contracts with guaranteed hours, progression opportunities, pension, subsidised

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS check is required
• Employment history details covering a minimum of 5 years
• References covering a minimum of 5 years (or longer if you have worked in social care before)

Responsibilities

• Support and assist residents to live as independently as possible
• Empower residents to make their own decisions and choices
• Provide support with personal care (washing, bathroom, dressing, eating and drinking)
• Offer physical and emotional support to residents
• Help residents participate in daily living tasks and activities
• Encourage engagement in social and wellbeing activities
• Assist with health care appointments
• Administer medication only where trained to do so
• Undertake manual handling with equipment when required
• Record care using mobile technology
• Uphold Sheffcare values and safe working practices

Job description

Care Assistant - Nights (Cotleigh Residential Home)

Are you passionate about making a genuine difference in people's lives? Do you want a career where kindness, dignity and respect are not just words, but the cornerstone of everything you do?

We are looking for a Nights Care Support Worker to work at our residential care home based in Hackenthorpe, S12.

Hours: 33 hours per week

Shift Pattern: 7:30pm to 7:30am x 3 nights per week, including weekends (usually alternate) and bank holiday work

Pay: £12.91 per hour

All new team members are required to attend an induction at our training room in S13 prior to starting work in the care home. These are run every three weeks, starting on a Monday, between 9:30am until 3:30pm.

What we offer:

• Full induction, mentorship and ongoing training
• Access to 100+ elearning courses
• Guaranteed working hours on a permanent contract
• Career progression
• Access to diploma training courses
• Established not for profit charity
• Work in your local community
• Free drinks and subsidised meals
• Access to the NEST pension scheme
• Reward and recognition incentives
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Paid holiday which increases with length of service
• Enhanced maternity pay after 5 years service
• Double pay on Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Years Day
• Eligibility for The Company Shop membership

The job role:

• To support and assist our residents within our care home to live as independently as possible
• To empower people to make their own decisions and choices
• To provide support with personal care (e.g. washing, going to the bathroom, dressing, eating and drinking)
• To offer physical and emotional support to our residents
• To help our residents participate with daily living tasks and activities
• To encourage engagement of our residents in social and wellbeing activities
• To assist with health care and personal appointments
• Only where trained to do so, to administer medication
• To undertake manual handling, using equipment when required
• To support positive relationships with our residents, their family, colleagues and professionals
• To record care using mobile technology
• To uphold the Sheffcare values
• To implement and uphold safe working practices in line with our regulations and our policies and procedures
• To attend regular training where required

Sheffcare is an independent local charity established in 1994 and cares for older people and people living with dementia in our nine residential care homes across Sheffield. We are a values driven charity committed to prioritising the wellbeing of those we support above all else. We believe in the power of compassion, and we are seeking individuals who share our ethos, regardless of their background or experience level.

What we value:

• Kindness
• Dignity
• Respect
• Choices

All Care Support Worker positions require an Enhanced DBS check as part of our commitment to safeguarding, full employment history details and reference information covering a minimum of 5 years (or longer, if you have worked in social care before).

We cannot accept applications from those requiring sponsorship.

Once you have submitted your application form, we will respond within 5 working days if your application has been selected for further consideration. Please be aware that due to the number of applications we receive, we may not always be able to respond to unsuccessful applicants.