Full Time Nights Care Assistant

PrimeLife Ltd; Brough; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift pattern 8-8

Fully funded DBS

Holiday pay

Refer a Friend

Blue Light Card

Career progression

Job summary

Prime Life is seeking a caring and dedicated Care Assistant to cover maternity leave at Westerlands Care Village, Brough. You will support residents with personal care, nutrition, mobility and daily activities within a warm, patient-centred team.

We offer regular shifts 8am–8pm, a range of benefits including a fully funded DBS, comprehensive holiday pay and a Refer a Friend scheme, plus opportunities to learn and progress with our Quality Matters team.

Qualifications

• Kind, empathetic approach to elderly residents.
• Ability to work in a busy care environment.
• Willingness to learn and follow care plans.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene and evening routines.
• Carry out night welfare checks to ensure safety.
• Support dining and nutrition for residents.
• Encourage safe mobility with aids and equipment.
• Provide companionship and social engagement.
• Maintain accurate records and complete documentation.
• Collaborate with care team to promote wellbeing.
• Greet family members and assist with enquiries.

Skills

Compassion

Patient care

Team player

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.