Part time Day Care Assistant

Prime Life; Lutterworth; Sur place; GBP 18 000 - 19 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Part-time hours

Fully funded DBS

Holiday Pay scheme

Refer a Friend bonus

Résumé du poste

Prime Life is seeking a Part-time Day Care Assistant to join our team at Lutterworth Country House. The role offers regular set shifts across a 7-day week, with a focus on compassionate care for residents and strong work-life balance.

Benefits include a fully funded DBS, Holiday Pay, and a Refer a Friend scheme up to £250. Training provided to support personal and professional growth within a dedicated care team.

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications stated; full training provided.

Responsabilités

• Assisting residents with personal hygiene and outfit selection.
• Supporting residents to dine and maintain nutrition and hydration.
• Encouraging safe mobility with aids and equipment.
• Providing friendship and companionship and accompanying residents on outings or appointments.
• Maintaining accurate records and completing documentation.
• Collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to promote residents' well-being.

Description du poste

location to the home in time for the start and end of your shifts! Benefits of becoming our Part time Day Care Assistant: This role offers great work life balance, with regular set shift patterns across a 7-day working week. In return for your commitment to our residents, we can offer a range of excellent benefits including;

Benefits

• Part time shift commencing 19.25 hours per week with 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!

Responsibilities

• Assisting residents with their personal hygiene and choosing an outfit for the day ahead


• Supporting residents to dine at mealtimes and maintain good nutrition and hydration


• Encouraging residents to mobilise safely around the home, with the support of mobility aids and specialist equipment


• Providing friendship and companionship, and accompanying residents on social outings or appointments


• 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 Part time Day 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 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. Additionally, many of our residents live with dementia and as such an understanding of dementia would be beneficial.

Make a difference every day and give back to your community! Prime Life are on the lookout for passionate and dedicated care professionals to join our friendly team as a Care Assistant, on a part 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 Lutterworth Country House, in the heart of Bitteswell near Lutterworth. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 66 residents, living with a range of age related, physical and mental health conditions that require dignified support from our caring team. Additionally, many of our residents are living with early onset and advance stages of Dementia. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident's individual abilities. Prime Life offer free transport links for applicants living within Leicester, with daily transport running from our central