Care Assistant - Bank - Days/Nights/Weekends
Make a difference every day and give back to your community!
Prime Life are on the lookout for passionate and dedicated care professionals to join our friendly team as a Bank Care Assistant. At present, we have several vacancies available and are keen to meet with candidates as soon as possible for interviews.
This role will be based at Hawkhurst Residential Home in Blackburn, Lancashire. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 26 residents, living with a range of physical and mental health conditions that require dignified support from our caring team. Benefits of becoming our Bank Care Assistant:
This role offers great work life balance, with shift patterns offered across a 7-day working week between the hours of 8am and 8pm, or 8pm and 8am. Hourly rates of pay ranging from £12.80 per hour dependent upon qualification level
- Opportunities to learn and progress with the support of our dedicated Quality Matters team
- Fully funded DBS
- Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme that rewards you for your commitment to care
- Fantastic Refer a Friend scheme, offering up to £250 per successful candidate!
-Access to Blue Light Card savings - The UK's number one discount service for the emergency services, NHS, social care sector and armed forces
Responsibilities of our Bank Care Assistant include:
- Assisting residents with their personal hygiene and dressing for the day, or retiring to bed for the evening
- Supporting residents to dine at mealtimes and maintain good nutrition and hydration
- Providing friendship and companionship, and accompanying residents on social outings or appointments
- Being a part of a multi-disciplinary team and engaging with other care professionals, as and when required, to promote the health and well-being of our residents
- What we're looking for in our Bank Care Assistant:
Though prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support worker is desirable, this is not essential as full training is provided. Typically, our residents live with age related conditions, life-limiting health conditions and physical disabilities that require dignified support from our care team. Additionally, many of our residents live with dementia and as such an understanding of dementia would be beneficial.
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Bank Care Assistant please click 'apply' today, and we'll ensure to be in touch!