Full time Night Care Assistant

Prime Life; Swadlincote; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay rate £12.96–£13.32 per hour

Fully funded DBS

Holiday pay scheme

Refer a Friend £250

Job summary

Prime Life is seeking passionate Night Care Assistants to join our friendly team at Woodville Residential Home in Derbyshire. This full-time night role offers set shifts from 8pm to 8am across a 7-day week, with a focus on compassionate, dignified care for residents living with age-related and mental health conditions.

We provide full training, a fully funded DBS, and a comprehensive holiday pay scheme. An attractive Refer a Friend scheme of up to £250 is also available.

Qualifications

• Genuine caring nature and desire to make a real difference for residents.
• Prior care experience is desirable but not essential as full training is provided.
• Patient, understanding and respectful of residents’ individual abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene and getting ready for bed.
• Perform welfare checks throughout the night to ensure safety.
• Support residents to dine and maintain nutrition and hydration as needed.
• Encourage safe mobility around the home with mobility aids and equipment.
• Provide friendship and companionship to residents.
• Maintain accurate written records and documentation.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary care professionals to promote wellbeing.
• Greet and assist family members visiting the home.

Skills

Caring nature

Patience

Team player

Job description

Prime Life are on the lookout for passionate and dedicated care professionals to join our friendly team as a Night 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 Woodville Residential Home, in Woodville, Derbyshire. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 46 residents, living with a range of age-related health conditions and mental health conditions that require dignified support from our caring team. Additionally, some of our residents are living 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 Night 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 range of excellent benefits including;

• Hourly rates of pay ranging from £12.96 rising to £13.32per 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!

Responsibilities of our Night 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 Night 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.