Home Care Assistant (Bank)

Anchor Hanover; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym discounts

Mental health support

Flexible working options

Pension plan

Job summary

Anchor Hanover is seeking Home Care Assistants to support older people with a range of care needs. No prior experience required—just the right values and attitude. We provide excellent training and ongoing support to help you thrive in a caring role.

As part of on-site care teams, you will assist with domestic tasks, personal care, nutrition and hydration, and companionship, and you may access the community with residents. Please note applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• No formal experience required; right values and attitude are essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist with domestic tasks and personal care.
• Support nutrition and hydration for residents.
• Provide companionship and social engagement.
• Assist with accessing community activities and events.

Job description

Home Care Assistants at Anchor make a real and positive impact to the lives of older people who have a range of care needs as well as life experiences and personalities that makes every day varied and interesting. If you have a caring nature, a natural interest in people and want to make a difference then this might be just the job for you. We provide fantastic training and ongoing support so no experience required - just the right values and attitude.

Our Home care locations have their own dedicated care and support team based on-site.

As a home care assistant, you will be involved in providing tailored packages of care that support customers circumstances and lifestyle preferences which can include: support with domestic home help services, personal care needs, nutrition, hydration, medication and companionship needs, this may include accessing the community.

Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK to apply for this role. Unfortunately at this time, this role does not meet the current criteria for Anchor to offer a Skilled Worker Visa.

At Leofric Lodge we have 46 self-contained flats designed to make daily living easier and more enjoyable for people with care and support needs that want to remain in their own homes with an independent lifestyle for people aged 55 and over.

Anchor - a great place to work

Anchor is England's largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We're not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

Our values

Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.

Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.

Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos. Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we'll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options

Finance

• Pension plan - contribute between 4% and 8% and we'll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
• Free Blue Light Card

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.