Twilight Care Assistant - Evening Shifts, Elder Care

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Perkbox

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Pilgrims’ Friend Society in Chippenham is seeking compassionate Care Assistants for Twilight Shifts to join our on-site team at Middlefields House, caring for 48 residents.

We provide 24/7 care with day and night staff; you’ll support residents with personal care, meals, and companionship, while upholding our Christian ethos.

Applicants should have care experience and empathy for older people; weekend and flexible hours offered, with a friendly, supportive team and ongoing training.

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

Skills

Care experience

Dementia understanding

Job description

Pilgrims’ Friend Society in Chippenham is seeking compassionate Care Assistants for Twilight Shifts to join our on-site team at Middlefields House, caring for 48 residents.

We provide 24/7 care with day and night staff; you’ll support residents with personal care, meals, and companionship, while upholding our Christian ethos.

Applicants should have care experience and empathy for older people; weekend and flexible hours offered, with a friendly, supportive team and ongoing training.