Relief Care Assistant

ExtraCare Charitable Trust; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accrued Annual Leave

Free Use of Onsite Gym

Ongoing Training and Development

Plus, Usual Benefits.

Job summary

ExtraCare Charitable Trust’s Wixams Retirement Village in Bedford, MK42 6EA, is recruiting Relief Care Assistants on an ad-hoc basis to cover absence and holidays.

You will deliver all aspects of domiciliary care to residents, including personal care and social activity support, promoting wellbeing, encouraging independence, and ensuring accurate records. Benefits include annual leave, onsite gym access, ongoing training and development, and other standard benefits.

Qualifications

• Hold a care certificate or willing to undertake a care qualification.
• Personable, an effective communicator and a team player.
• Passionate about delivering a quality care service.
• Flexible with hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide all aspects of domiciliary care to our residents including both physical, personal care and support with social activities,
• Promoting and supporting the physical, emotional and well-being of our residents
• Encourage independence and self-belief
• Ensure records and documents are completed in line with our policy.

Skills

Care certificate

Compassionate

Effective communicator

Team player

Education

Care certificate or willing to undertake a care qualification

Job description

Wixams, part of the Extra Care Charitable Trust, are recruiting care staff now!

This is an exciting time to be joining Wixamsand be part of a supportive team in a luxury retirement village.

We provide a domiciliary care service all under one roof. No more travelling!

Extracare does not participate in the current “UK Visa Sponsorship” scheme and we would not be able to facilitate sponsorship

Are you a Relief Care Asssitant who iscompassionate, patient, and personableand would liketo develop your career with us? If so, we would like to hear from you.

• Role: Relief Care Assistant
• Hours: Ad-hoc to cover absence, holidays etc
• Salary: £14.33per hour
• Location: Wixams Retirement Village, Bedford Road, Bedford, MK42 6EA

As aRelief Care Asssitant, you will be expected to carry out the following tasks:

• Provide all aspects of domiciliary careto our residents including both physical, personal care and support with social activities,
• Promoting and supporting the physical, emotional and well-being of our residents
• Encourage independence and self-belief
• Ensure records and documents are completed in line with our policy.

Person Specification

• Hold acare certificate or willing to undertake a care qualification
• Personable, an effective communicator and a team player
• Passionate about delivering a quality care service
• Flexible with hours.

Benefits:

• Accrued Annual Leave
• Free Use of Onsite Gym
• Ongoing Training and Development
• Plus, Usual Benefits.

An extremely rewarding career awaits you if you like working in a friendly and supportive team, with variety and a fantastic working environment.

ExtraCare is committed to making our recruitment practices as fair and inclusive as possible for all. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support candidates throughout the recruitment process

ExtraCare reserve the right to close this advertisement early should the maximum number of applications be received.

Please be aware that shift times are subject to change as required to meet the needs of the service