Care Assistant - Waking Nights

TN United Kingdom; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Care Assistant in Dorchester, providing essential overnight support to clients in our Extra Care scheme. This rewarding role requires no prior experience, just a caring attitude and the willingness to make a difference. Enjoy benefits like enhanced pay, career development opportunities, and a supportive community.

Benefits

Enhanced bank holiday pay

Holiday pay and pension scheme

Free DBS/PVG

Company mobile phone and uniform provided

Access to benefits & discounts platform

Exclusive discounts for driving lessons and car insurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policies

Career development pathway

Wellbeing support

Extra earnings through referral scheme

Qualifications

• No experience required, training provided.
• Must have the right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Supporting residents with care and medication needs overnight.
• Assisting with personal care including continence support.
• Managing medications and helping with domestic tasks.

Skills

Compassion

Patience

Understanding

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Care Assistant - Waking Nights, Dorchester

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Dorchester, United Kingdom

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Posted:

21.05.2025

Expiry Date:

05.07.2025

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Job Description:

Join Cera as a Care Assistant in Dorchester, providing care and support to our clients in our Extra Care scheme. You'll be supporting us on our mission to transform social care and enable more people to live longer, healthier and happier lives in their own homes.

Are you kind? A people person? Love making a difference in people's lives? Then we can offer you the perfect role as a Carer, where you will genuinely make a difference, every day! No experience is required.

Key Information:

• 2-3 nights midweek and alternate weekends.
• Supporting residents of the Extra Care scheme with any care and medication needs overnight
• Supporting with any emergency situations during the night
• Dressing and personal care including continence support may be required.

No driving licence is required but you must be able to travel to and from the location for the shift start/finish times.

Our benefits include:

• Enhanced bank holiday pay
• Holiday pay and pension scheme
• Free DBS/PVG, company mobile phone and uniform provided
• Access to our benefits & discounts platform WeCare, alongside being eligible for the Blue Light Card Scheme - offering you thousands of discounts on high street shopping, your weekly food shop, eating out and family activities.
• Exclusive discounts to help you get on the road including savings on driving lessons, fuel, car insurance, car maintenance, cycle hire and much more
• Enhanced maternity (12 weeks full pay), paternity and parental leave policies
• An industry-leading career development pathway, including the Care Certificate and NVQ's, there is plenty of opportunity for progression - 50% of our salaried roles are filled internally.
• Wellbeing support - including employee assistance programme, mental health first aiders, healthcare cash plan and free eye tests & contribution to the cost of glasses.
• Extra earnings through our referral scheme Care Friends - £500 per referral

Join Our Caring Community

Whether you already have previous professional experience, you've cared for a loved one or you simply enjoy supporting others, your compassion, patience, and understanding are exactly what we need. It's your values and kindness that matter most and we will provide all the training you need.

Your responsibilities may include assisting with personal care including continence support, washing and dressing, managing medications, cooking or preparing hot meals, and helping with domestic tasks. But your true impact lies in the companionship, reassurance, and joy you bring to the lives of those you care for.

Cera makes caring easier with Cera Tech

We've brought homecare into the 21st century, by developing technology that streamlines administrative tasks, enhances outcomes, and allows you to focus on the most important part of your role – caring for our clients. Our predictive technology and risk alerts empower our care teams to make informed decisions and act quickly, resulting in fewer hospitalisations and reduced fall risks for those we care for. You really can care better as a member of our team.

If you are looking for a truly rewarding role, where the companionship and comfort you provide will bring smiles and a sense of safety to those you care for - then apply today!

Please note this role is subject to a DBS check and you must have the right to work in the UK.