Care Assistant - Shottermill House

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Haslemere; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Perkbox – including an Employee assis

Job summary

Pilgrims’ Friend Society in Preston is seeking compassionate Care Assistants to join our friendly care team in a busy home setting.

You will provide high-quality personal care, assist residents with bathing, meals and daily activities, and help maintain dignity and comfort while promoting independence and community involvement.

We offer flexible working hours, buddy support, staff training and rewards, with Perkbox and wellbeing benefits.

Qualifications

• Provide high quality, professional care to residents.
• Help a resident with personal cleanliness such as bathing.
• Support residents to eat and drink.
• Get to know residents to comfort, assist and give reassurance.
• Treat residents with dignity and respect.
• Support independence and community involvement within the home.
• Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks.
• Be empathetic with older people and able to work in a team.
• Be well-organised, adaptable and practical.
• Career development opportunities and ongoing staff support.
• Friendly and committed staff team with buddy system.
• Flexible working hours available.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, professional service of care to our residents.
• Help a resident with personal cleanliness such as helping a resident with a bath.
• Support residents to eat and drink.
• Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed.
• Treat others as individuals with unique and diverse needs.
• Treat our residents with dignity and respect.
• Support our residents to keep independent and healthy and encourage them to be part of the community within the home.
• Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks when needed.
• Be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have empathy with them.
• Be able to work in a team and be willing to take on any task to provide an excellent level of care to our clients.

Skills

Care experience

Empathy

Team player

Well-organised

Flexible working

Job description

Overview

Application

Care Assistant - Bank

Date posted: September 08, 2026

Hourly salary: £14.2

Casual

Part-time

Care Assistant - Bank

Could you do a job where you change lives?

Do you have care experience?

We are looking for compassionate and adaptable Care Assistants to join our friendly and dedicated Care Team at our home in Preston.

Shottermill House is an attractive, modern care home about two miles from the centre of Haslemere in Surrey and offers both residential care and dementia care. The health, well-being and happiness of our residents are of primary importance to us. Our lovehere .

• Provide high quality, professional service of care to our residents.
• Help a resident with personal cleanliness such as helping a resident with a bath.
• Support residents to eat and drink.
• Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed.
• Treat others as individuals with unique and diverse needs.
• Treat our residents with dignity and respect.
• Support our residents to keep independent and healthy and encourage them to be part of the community within the home.
• Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks when needed.
• You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have empathy with them;
• You need to be able to work in a team and be willing to take on any task to provide an excellent level of care to our clients; and
• You need to be well-organised, adaptable and practical.
• Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
• Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
• Assigned buddy
• Ongoing support from management
• Flexible working: various working hours
• Team events
• Care Friends referral
• Perkbox – including an Employee assistance programme.
• Long-standing service rewards
• Birthday rewards

— What our staff say about us: …“It is a friendly and welcoming place to work” … —

Pilgrims’ Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.