Part Time Night Care Assistant

Prime Life; Waddington; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded DBS

Holiday Pay

Refer a Friend £250

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Prime Life is seeking a dedicated Night Care Assistant to support residents at St Michaels Care Centre in Waddington, Lincolnshire. You'll work 8pm–8am across a 7-day week, delivering dignified personal care and companionship to residents with age-related conditions and dementia.

Full training is provided, DBS is fully funded, and you can benefit from an excellent refer-a-friend scheme and Holiday Pay as part of our supportive team.

Qualifications

• Genuine caring nature with residents.
• Patient, understanding and respectful attitude.
• Full training provided for new joiners.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene and getting to bed.
• Perform routine welfare checks during the night.
• Support residents with meals, nutrition and hydration.
• Encourage safe mobility with aids and equipment.
• Provide friendship and companionship to residents.
• Maintain accurate written records and documentation.
• Collaborate with the care team to promote wellbeing.
• Welcome family members and handle enquiries.

Skills

Caring nature

Patience

Respectful

Job description

Prime Life are on the lookout for passionate and dedicated care professionals to join our friendly team as a Night Care Assistant. At present, we have several vacancies available and are keen to meet with candidates as soon as possible for interviews.

Thisrole will be based at St Michaels Care Centre, in the heart of Waddington in Lincolnshire. The home has been specially designed to cater tothe everyneed of 40 residents, living with a range of age-related conditions, physical disabilities and mental healthconditions, 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 Night Care Assistant:

This role offers great work life balance, with regular set shift patterns between the hours of 8pm and 8am, 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 £12.96to £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 Night 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 Night 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.