Full time Day Care assistant

Prime Life; Accrington; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate care professionals to join their team as Day Care Assistants. This rewarding role involves providing dignified support to residents at a specially designed care home, ensuring their safety and well-being. With a focus on personal care, companionship, and maintaining good nutrition, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the quality of life for individuals with diverse needs. The position offers a great work-life balance, competitive hourly pay, and opportunities for professional growth. If you have a caring nature and a desire to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Hourly pay rates from £11.67 to £12.00

Opportunities for learning and progression

Fully funded DBS

Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme

Refer a Friend scheme up to £250

Access to Bluelight card for discounts

Qualifications

• Genuine caring nature and desire to make a difference.
• Prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene and bedtime routines.
• Complete routine welfare checks to ensure resident safety.
• Support residents with nutrition and hydration needs.

Skills

Caring Nature

Patience

Understanding

Respect for Individual Abilities

Education

Experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker

Job description

Prime Life are on the lookout for passionate and dedicated care professionals to join our friendly team as a Day Care Assistant, on a fulltime basis.

This role will be based at Springhill Care Home in Accrington. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 116 residents, living with a range of physical, age-related, and mental health conditions that require dignified support from our caring team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding, and respectful of our residents’ individual abilities.

Benefits of becoming our Day Care Assistant:

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

1. Hourly rates of pay ranging from £11.67 to £12.00 per hour dependent upon qualification level
2. Opportunities to learn and progress with the support of our dedicated Quality Matters team
3. Fully funded DBS
4. Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme that rewards you for your commitment to care
5. Fantastic Refer a Friend scheme, offering up to £250 per successful candidate!
6. Access to Bluelight card - offers and discounts all across the UK

Responsibilities of our Day Care Assistant include:

1. Assisting residents with their personal hygiene and retiring to bed for the evening
2. Completing routine welfare checks throughout the night to ensure residents are safe and well
3. Supporting residents to dine and maintain good nutrition and hydration as required
4. Encouraging residents to mobilise safely around the home, with the support of mobility aids and specialist equipment
5. Providing friendship and companionship to residents
6. Maintaining accurate and timely written records and completing documentation
7. 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
8. Welcoming family members to the home and assisting with enquiries

What we’re looking for in our Day 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 residents’ individual abilities.

If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Day Care Assistant, please click ‘apply’ today, and we’ll ensure to be in touch!