Fixed Term Days Care Assistant (maternity Cover)

PrimeLife Ltd; Chorley; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly pay

Fully funded DBS

Holiday pay scheme

Refer a Friend bonus

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Prime Life is recruiting caring and dedicated Care Assistants to join our team for maternity cover at Westerlands Care Village, Brough. You will support residents with personal care, meals, mobility, and daily activities, while upholding dignity and respect in a warm, patient-focused environment.

The role offers regular shifts between 8am and 8pm across a 7-day week, with full training provided and DBS fully funded. A supportive team and opportunities for progression are available.

Qualifications

• Caring, compassionate attitude toward residents.
• Patience and understanding when assisting with personal care.
• Ability to work as part of a care team and follow care plans.

Responsibilities

• Assisting residents with personal hygiene and night-time routines.
• Carrying out welfare checks to ensure safety and wellbeing.
• Supporting residents with meals to maintain nutrition and hydration.
• Encouraging safe mobility with aids and equipment as needed.
• Providing companionship and social engagement to residents.
• Maintaining accurate records and completing documentation.
• Liaising with care professionals to promote residents’ health and wellbeing.
• Welcoming family members and assisting with inquiries.

Skills

Caring nature

Patient

Teamwork

Job description

Prime Life are on the lookout for passionate and dedicated care professionals to join our friendly team as a Care Assistant, to cover Maternity Cover. At present, we have several vacancies available and are keen to meet with candidates as soon as possible for interviews.

This role will be based at Westerlands Care Village, in Brough. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 83 residents, living with a range of age-related conditions, physical disabilities and mental health conditions, and as such require dignified support from our caring team. Additionally, some of our residents live with Dementia. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.

Benefits of becoming our Care Assistant:

This role offers great work life balance, with regular set shift patterns between the hours of 8am and 8pm, across a 7-day working week. In return for your commitment to our residents, we can offer range of excellent benefits including;

• Hourly rates of pay ranging from £12.96 to £13.32 per hour dependent upon qualification level
• Opportunities to learn and progress with the support of our dedicated Quality Matters team
• Fully funded DBS
• Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme that rewards you for your commitment to care
• Fantastic Refer a Friend scheme, offering up to £250 per successful candidate!
• Access to Blue Light Card

Responsibilities of our Care Assistant include:

• Assisting residents with their personal hygiene and retiring to bed for the evening
• Completing routine welfare checks throughout the night to ensure residents are safe and well
• Supporting residents to dine and maintain good nutrition and hydration as required
• Encouraging residents to mobilise safely around the home, with the support of mobility aids and specialist equipment
• Providing friendship and companionship to residents
• Maintaining accurate and timely written records and completing documentation
• Being a part of a multi-disciplinary team and engaging with other care professionals, as and when required, to promote the health and well-being of our residents
• Welcoming family members to the home and assisting with enquiries

What we’re looking for in our Care Assistant:

To be successful within this role, you will have a genuine caring nature and a desire to make a real difference for our residents. Though prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support worker is desirable, this is not essential as full training is provided. Typically, our residents live with age related conditions, life-limiting health conditions, mental health conditions and physical disabilities that require dignified support from our care team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Care Assistant