Care Assistant - Orchard Grove

Brunelcare; West of England; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekend pay uplift

Holiday entitlement 30/33 days

Medicash Health Plan

Cycle to Work

Blue Light Card

Sick pay

Employee assistance

Refer-a-friend £200

Job summary

Brunelcare is looking for dedicated Care Assistants to provide outcome-focused care and support to residents, helping them stay as independent as possible.

You will promote high health and social care standards, work with the team to create a homely environment, and maintain a kind, caring approach daily. Experience is helpful, but strong communication, kindness, teamwork, and passion for improving lives are valued.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills are essential.
• Ability to be kind and caring towards individuals needing support.
• Teamwork and passion for improving people's lives are valued.

Responsibilities

• Deliver outcome-focused care and support to help people stay as independent as possible.
• Promote and ensure high health and social care standards for residents in the home.
• Work with the staff team to provide a homely environment and daily compassionate care.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Compassion

Care experience

Job description

Are you looking to make a positive difference in people's lives? If so, there has never been a better time to join our team of dedicated Care Assistants and become part of something more.

About The Role

• Deliver outcome-focused care and support to help people make the most of their lives and remain as independent as possible.
• To demonstrate, promote, and ensure high health and social care standards for the people living in the home.
• To work with the staff team to provide a homely environment for people living in the home.
• Maintain a kind, caring, and compassionate approach daily.
• Work within the expectations of a care environment based upon individualised care focusing on the physical and social well-being of the people in the home.

About You

Whether you’re looking for your first role in care, returning to the workplace, looking for a change, or needing a job to fit your life outside of work, this could be the perfect opportunity.

Experience in care would be helpful; however, excellent communication skills, the ability to be kind and caring towards individuals who require support, teamwork, and passion for improving people's lives are what we are looking for. If you think this sounds like you, find your part of something more, and join our team today!

Job Benefits

• Competitive rates of pay, plus £1 an hour enhancement for weekends and double time for bank holidays
• Equivalent to 30 days of paid annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), increasing to the equivalent of 33 after five years’ service (pro-rata)
• Access to a fully-funded Medicash Health Plan to save up to £995 on health essentials; like going to the dentist or opticians and access to telephone and video GP appointments
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme
• Company Sick Pay
• Care First Employee Assistance Programme (provides a range of free, confidential services)
• £200 refer a friend bonus

About Us

Brunelcare is an award-winning Bristol-based charity providing high-quality housing, care, and support for older people in the South West whilst also recognised for our expertise and excellence in caring for people with dementia. We are at the forefront of developing ways for people to stay as independent as possible whilst creating great communities to live, work, and thrive.

Please Note:

If you are invited to an interview, you will be asked to bring documents to allow us to undertake a DBS check and confirm your right-to-work status. The documents required will be communicated to you by the hiring manager when booking your interview.

Brunelcare is committed to equity, equality, diversity and inclusion, and this is embedded in our strategy and supported through our policies and processes. We welcome the opportunity to make reasonable adjustments where this would support you to make an application.