Night Care Assistant — Dementia Care & 12h Shifts

Pilgrim's; Bath; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible working hours

Employee assistance programme

Work clothing provided

Team events

Recommend a Friend Scheme

Job summary

Pilgrims’ Friend Society is seeking a compassionate Night Care Assistant to join our Bridgemead Home team in Bath. You’ll support residents with personal care and help maintain dignity, comfort and independence, while delivering person-centred care during 12-hour night shifts.

The role requires care experience and an understanding of dementia. You’ll work 8pm–8am, on-site, with weekends and flexible hours. We offer development opportunities and a supportive team in a friendly home.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing care and an understanding of dementia is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high quality, professional service of care to our residents.
• Help a resident with personal cleanliness such as helping a resident with a bath.
• Support residents to eat and drink.
• Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed.
• Treat others as individuals with unique and diverse needs.
• Treat our residents with dignity and respect.
• Support our residents to keep independent and healthy and encourage them to be part of the community within the home.
• Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks when needed.
• You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have an empathy with them;
• You need to be able to work in a team and be willing to take on any task to provide an excellent level of care to our clients; and
• You need to be well-organised, adaptable and practical.

Skills

Care experience

Empathy

Teamwork

Organisation

Flexibility

Job description

Pilgrims’ Friend Society is seeking a compassionate Night Care Assistant to join our Bridgemead Home team in Bath. You’ll support residents with personal care and help maintain dignity, comfort and independence, while delivering person-centred care during 12-hour night shifts.

The role requires care experience and an understanding of dementia. You’ll work 8pm–8am, on-site, with weekends and flexible hours. We offer development opportunities and a supportive team in a friendly home.