Night Care Assistant

Signature Senior Lifestyle Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Signature Senior Lifestyle as a Care Assistant in Caversham, where you'll provide compassionate care in a luxury setting. Your role involves assisting residents with daily activities and developing care plans, while enjoying a supportive team environment with opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Up to 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Free meals on shift for staff working over 6 hours

Life Assurance Scheme

Refer A Friend Incentive: £50 voucher and up to £1,000 cash bonus

Ongoing training and career development

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Study support

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Good communication skills are important.
• Some IT skills are necessary.
• NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care is a significant advantage.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with washing, dressing, eating, drinking, and mobility.
• Develop residents' Care Plans considering specialist support needs.
• Build strong relationships with residents and their families.

Skills

Communication

IT skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care

Job description

You’ll be part of a caring, supportive team with exciting career development opportunities, and flexible full and part-time hours, when you join Signature Senior Lifestyle as a Care Assistant at our luxury care and nursing home in Caversham.

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Your role at Signature

We need you to bring your compassion and uniqueness to this role. Your days as a Care Assistant will be varied, interesting, and rewarding, from general care to specialist dementia care. You’ll assist residents with washing, dressing, eating, drinking, and mobility. You’ll help make their apartments feel like home and enjoy activities like bingo, shopping, and live music with them. Building strong relationships with residents and their families is key.

You’ll always respect residents’ choices, dignity, and independence. You will also be involved in developing residents' Care Plans, considering any specialist support needs.

What Signature Offers

• From £12.90 per hour
• Part-time and full-time night shifts available
• Up to 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, depending on service length
• Free meals on shift for staff working over 6 hours
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Refer A Friend Incentive: £50 voucher and up to £1,000 cash bonus
• Ongoing training and career development
• Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health, and wellbeing services
• Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, study support, and long service awards

Transport Links

• Nearest train station: Reading
• Walking distance: 1.5 miles from the nearest train station
• Public transport: Route Berry 23 from Reading station, 1-minute walk from home

Signature People

We are kind, compassionate, positive, resilient, proactive, organized, honest, accountable, passionate, and eager to develop. If this describes you, you'll fit right in.

No experience is necessary to become a Care Assistant—good communication skills and some IT skills are important. An NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care is a significant advantage.

About Signature

Signature Senior Lifestyle provides unrivalled residential and dementia care in luxury homes. We aim for excellence and strive to make a real difference in our residents’ lives. Our team is our greatest asset, and we foster a supportive environment with tailored training and career development opportunities at all levels.

Wake up to the compassion inside you. Apply to Signature Senior Lifestyle today.

We care for our team as much as we care for our residents. Wake up to better at Signature!