Weekend Care Assistant

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

A care assistant role supporting elderly residents with varying needs, including dementia and mobility challenges. You will assist with daily living activities and personal care, working alongside established care teams to provide compassionate support.

The position involves weekend shifts with early and late hours, aligned with ongoing hours and DBS/training requirements. Full training and DBS help are available through QS Care.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 months experience in Health and Social Care
• Training in safeguarding, infection control, and moving & handling preferred
• DBS check within 12 months or on update service if available

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with activities of daily living including personal care
• Support mobility, nutrition, and daily hygiene as needed
• Work with care teams to ensure safe, compassionate care for dementia and other conditions

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Job description

There you will make a difference and bring a smile to service users faces.

If you have a keen eye for detail and past experience in care setting, then this could be the perfect flexible opportunity for you!

You will be supporting elderly service users who have a range of physical and mental illnesses/disabilities. Being that extra pair of hands working alongside established teams to bring excellent care to the individuals that need it the most. Service users’ ailments include dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Strokes and other age-related illnesses and mobility issues.

You will also be assisting in the resident’s activities of daily living, including personal care, moving/handling and caring for their nutritional and hygiene needs. You must have an awareness and passion to work with people with dementia and be prepared to be proactive on the job

Minimum requirements for Care Assistants are:

• Safeguarding training within 1 year
• Infection Control training within 1 year
• Moving and Handling training within 1 year
• A DBS check for adult’s services dated within the last 12 months preferably on the update service
• A minimum of 3 months experience in a Health and Social Care environment

QS Care can provide training opportunities for candidates with training that has expired. Additionally, we can arrange a DBS application on behalf of the candidate where the last check was done over 1 year ago and is not on the update service.

This is a role for ongoing hours

You will be working on Saturdays or Sundays with typical hours being:

07:00 to 14:15

14:00 to 22:00

22:00 to 07:00

You will be paid £12.75 to £13.25 per hour depending on the hours worked