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Springcare Ltd; Ilkeston; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Workplace pension

Early pay (Wage Stream)

Blue Light Card

Training & progression

Refer a friend

Counselling services

Family friendly policies

Robust recruitment process

Job summary

Springcare Ltd is seeking dedicated care assistants to join our compassionate team in providing 24-hour support to residents in our care home. You will help with daily activities, monitor wellbeing, and contribute to a safe, respectful environment where residents feel valued and secure.

Successful applicants will have two references, DBS checks, and right to work in the UK. We offer full and part-time day or night contracts, with access to our pension scheme and opportunities for training and

Qualifications

• Compassionate and patient approach to care.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Reliable team player with a caring nature.

Responsibilities

• Assist with washing and dressing residents.
• Support feeding and mealtimes for residents.
• Learn residents' interests and needs to tailor care.
• Keep bedrooms and communal areas tidy.
• Support residents' physical and mental wellbeing through activities.

Skills

Compassionate

People skills

Communication

Patience

Attention to detail

Basic computer skills

Tools

DBS check

Job description

We now have an opportunity for carers to join Springcare, where every day you can make a difference to someone's life.

Here at Springcare, we believe that good carers have many great qualities that make them excellent at their job.

What qualities does it take to be a Care Assistant at Springcare?

• compassion, sensitivity and understanding
• a desire to help people
• people skills and excellent communication skills
• patience and the ability to keep calm and work well under pressure
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail
• to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

Not only do our care team provide nursing care to our residents, they also help to make our residents lives fulfilled, treat each resident with dignity & respect, and care for them all as if they were their own family.

About the role:

Some of the daily tasks that a carer at Springcare would carry out would include:

• helping with washing and dressing
• Assisting with feeding and mealtimes
• finding out and knowing residents interests and needs.
• general housekeeping such as tidying residents' private bedrooms and communal areas
• supporting each resident's physical and mental wellbeing through activities.

Our care team provide 24-hour care, where day care shifts are worked from 8am until 8pm, and night-time shifts are from 8pm until 8am.

Typical Shift patterns for Night Contracts

• 8pm until 8am

What Springcare can offer to you:

• Permanent full and part time day or night contracts – with access to our work placed pension scheme
• Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay
• Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
• Fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications (level 2 through to 5) with internal career progression opportunities
• Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support
• Family friendly policies
• Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal

Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.

Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all of our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care.