Full Time Days Care Assistant

Prime Life; Alcester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly pay 12.96–13.32 GBP

Dedicated Quality Matters team

Fully funded DBS

Holiday Pay scheme

Refer a Friend up to £250

Blue Light Card savings

UK discount service for emergency and

Job summary

Prime Life are looking for a caring Care Assistant to join our friendly team at Meadow View Care Home in Alcester. You will support residents with daily living, meals, mobility and companionship, delivering dignified, person-centred care with patience and respect.

Full training is provided; prior experience is desirable but not essential. This full-time role offers benefits including DBS, holiday pay, and progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker is desirable but not essential.
• Full training is provided.
• Patient, understanding and respectful of residents' abilities; dementia knowledge is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assisting residents with their personal hygiene and selecting an outfit for the day ahead
• Supporting residents to dine at mealtimes and maintain good nutrition and hydration
• Encouraging residents to mobilise safely around the home with mobility aids
• Providing friendship and companionship, and accompanying residents on social outings or appointments
• Maintaining accurate and timely written records and completing documentation
• Being part of a multi-disciplinary team and engaging with care professionals to promote residents' health and well-being
• Welcoming family members to the home and assisting with enquiries

Job description

Shift patterns across a 7-day working week.

Benefits

• 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 savings
• The UK's number one discount service for the emergency services, NHS, social care sector and armed forces

Responsibilities of our Care Assistant include:

• Assisting residents with their personal hygiene and choosing an outfit for the day ahead
• Supporting residents to dine at mealtimes and maintain good nutrition and hydration
• Encouraging residents to mobilise safely around the home, with the support of mobility aids and specialist equipment
• Providing friendship and companionship, and accompanying residents on social outings or appointments
• 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 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. Additionally, many of our residents live with dementia and as such an understanding of dementia would be beneficial.

Prime Life are on the lookout for passionate and dedicated care professionals to join our friendly team as a Care Assistant, on a full time basis. 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 Meadow View Care Home, in Alcester.

PRIMELIFE ARE CURRENTLY NOT ABLE TO OFFER SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.

Benefits of becoming our Care Assistant: This role offers great work life balance, with regular set