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Job summary
A leading elderly care provider in Headingley is seeking a warm, enthusiastic Care Assistant. The role involves delivering high standards of care, assisting residents with personal hygiene, and recognizing clinical risks. No prior experience is required as comprehensive training will be provided. Join a supportive team committed to enhancing residents' lives.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents.
- Efficient worker who follows reasonable instructions.
- Adaptable and flexible for varying responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Deliver high standards of personal care.
- Assist residents with hygiene care ensuring dignity.
- Recognize clinical risk areas and escalate timely.
- Maintain courteousness towards residents and visitors.
Skills
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and employees and are committed to supporting the people who care for their residents. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Care Assistant to join their award-winning team in Headingley.
Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we support the people who care for our residents and celebrate their hard work. When you join us, you’ll make a positive impact on residents’ lives every day. You’ll be part of a caring, supportive environment with opportunities to learn and develop. Join our close-knit team and help deliver exceptional care.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Your focus as a Care Assistant is to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.
Other responsibilities will include:
- Assisting residents in all personal hygiene care, ensuring dignity, independence, and respect at all times.
- Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents (e.g., weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infections) and escalating identified risks in a timely manner.
- Acting courteously towards residents and visitors, respecting dignity and individuality.
- Practising safe systems of work across a range of tasks.
To be successful, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.
Our ideal candidate must:
- Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents and others in the home.
- Be an efficient worker who can follow reasonable instructions from other team members.
- Be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
At Avery, we are not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team. With our vision of “creating meaningful lives together,” we proudly offer exceptional care across a network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Please note this role will require:
- A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
Disclosure and DBS
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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