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Contract type: Permanent Full Time (42hpwaverage)
Hours:12 hourshifts, 8 p.m. to 8a.m
Working Pattern: Nights, Weekends - working on rolling rota of 3 consecutive days on and 3 consecutive days off.
About Us
Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 120 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.
About Friends Place, Calcot
Due to open in July 2025, Friends Place, Calcot will be more than just a care home - it will be a vibrant, welcoming community designed to provide exceptional residential, dementia, and respite care.
Run byFriends of the Elderly, where we pride ourselves on delivering personalised, compassionate care ina state-of-the-artfacility.
Located in the heart of Calcot, Reading, our home will feature:
* Acinemafor residents to enjoy movie nights and entertainment.
* A stylishsalonoffering professional pampering.
* A peacefullibraryfor reading and reflection.
* A vibrantbarfor socialising and relaxation.
The modern facilities are designed to create a warm and homely environment where residents feel safe, valued, and supported.
We are recruiting forSenior Care Assistantsto join the team.
Joining us as a?Senior Care Assistant, you will be working as part of a dedicated team and will act as a key worker for a named group of residents. You willassistwith formulation and maintenance of residents care plans to deliver person-centred care, unique toeach individual, and support and enable our residents tomaintainkey skills, personal interests, independence, choice, and dignity, so that they can lead fulfilled lives.
To succeed in this role, you will needgreat communicationand interpersonal skills, so that you can form great relationships with your residents and effectively handover information to colleagues. Number and digital skills are alsorequiredalong with the ability to problem solve and adapt to situations, and to recognise and report situations where there might be a need for safeguarding.
You will have at least 2 years experience in a care setting, ideally with an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, or working towards it. You will be able to take the initiative, be hardworking, have a compassionate nature and a positive can-do attitude.Wellprovide you all the outstanding training and tools that you need; all we ask is a willingness to learn and a genuine enthusiasm to encourage others to live their lives to the full.
Thisisntjust a job;itsabout making a difference to older peoples lives every day.
Why Join Friends of the Elderly?
Heritage of Care:Work with a trusted organisation backed by over a century ofexpertise.
Non-Profit Mission:Be part of a charity that prioritises people, not profit. While we take a commercial approach to our work, we are not forprofitand we are committed to our charitable values.
State-of-the-ArtFacilities:Lead acutting-edgecare home designed for comfort and community.
Professional Development:Access training and career development opportunities.
Make Your Mark
This is a unique opportunity to shape the culture and success of a brand-new care home, leaving a lasting impact on residents lives and the community.
In return for your hard work and dedication, you can look forward to awealth of benefits:
* Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.
* Generous annual leave.
* Wellbeing support through various initiatives, including an employee?assistance?programme.
* Learning, development, and progression opportunities.
* Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.
* Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.
* Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earned.
* Health cash plans for you and your family.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Long service awards that increase with length of service.
* Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.
* Uniforms are provided
* Free DBS checks.
Safeguarding
Keeping everyone safe is one of the charitys?corevalues, and?is central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.
Criminal Record Checks
As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.
Equality, Diversity, And Inclusion
Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each others differences. A charity where everyone is equal but?definitely not?the same.
Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts and?retains?the best people. People that care and can make a difference.
We currently do not provide?sponsorship?but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.
Dont?delay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.
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