Compassionate Care Assistant for Meaningful Elderly Care

Avery Healthcare; Downham Market; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Avery Healthcare is seeking a warm, enthusiastic Care Assistant for Carrstone House Care Home in Downham Market. You will deliver high standards of personal care and contribute to the care team to ensure continuity of services for residents.

We provide a thorough induction and training programme to build confidence in your role, with DBS disclosure checks and eligibility to work in the UK as part of the onboarding process.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Skills

Communication

Initiative

Respectful

Efficient worker

Adaptable

Job description

Avery Healthcare is seeking a warm, enthusiastic Care Assistant for Carrstone House Care Home in Downham Market. You will deliver high standards of personal care and contribute to the care team to ensure continuity of services for residents.

We provide a thorough induction and training programme to build confidence in your role, with DBS disclosure checks and eligibility to work in the UK as part of the onboarding process.