Care Assistant(s) - Days & Nights Millbrow Care Home

Halton; Widnes; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days holiday

LGPS pension

Life cover 3x salary

Personal development investment

Free car parking

Employee benefits platform

Job summary

Halton Borough Council’s Millbrow Care Home in Widnes is seeking dedicated staff to provide compassionate, person-centred care to elderly residents across long-term, respite and palliative services.

You will maintain records, communicate clearly with residents and colleagues, and work as part of a supportive team across day and night shifts. Adaptability and empathy are essential to deliver truly personalised care.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering person-centred care in line with individual care plans.
• Strong verbal and written communication with service users and colleagues.
• Proficiency in spoken English; flexibility to cover varied hours across day and night shifts.
• Team player with collaborative approach in a care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred care to elderly residents.
• Maintain verbal and written records and communicate with service users and colleagues.
• Liaise with staff, service users and professionals to ensure personalised care.
• Be flexible to cover varied hours and shifts as needed.

Skills

Person-centred care experience

Record keeping

Verbal and written communication

Team player

English proficiency

Job description

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team:

Millbrow Care Home is a 44-bed nursing home in Widnes providing general nursing and specialist dementia care for adults, including long-term, respite, and palliative care services.

We are looking for a hard working, compassionate individual who is looking to care for elderly residents and is willing to support them and respect them at all times. We require a good team member who will positively develop and maintain effective working relationship’s this will include staff members, service users and professionals you will liaise with. We recognise that it takes an individual with inspirational passion and a kind nature to make a difference to the lives of others and our Care Homes will give you the opportunity to get to know the residents and their families and help ensure that truly personalised care is delivered.

Hours:

Days: 1x 35.75 hours, 1x 33 hours, 3x 22 hours Nights: 1x 22 hours, 1x 27.5

Your Contributions:

• Previous Experience in providing person-centred care in line with individual care plans
• Skilled in maintaining verbal and written records and effectively communicating with service users and colleagues.
• Proficient in spoken English with the flexibility to work varied hours and cover shifts as needed.
• Strong team player committed to collaborative work within a care setting.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions.