Location: On site / MIDDLEFIELDS HOUSE, CORNFIELDS, CHIPPENHAM, SN14 6GA
job type: Permanent / Part-time
Sector and subsector: Medical & Healthcare | Healthcare Assistants
Hourly Salary range:from £ 12.81 to £ 12.81
Salary details: Weekend rate: £13.16
Care Assistants - Twilight Shifts x2
We are currently looking to appoint compassionate and committed Care Assistant to join our dynamic Care Team in our newly built, state of the art Middlefields House catering for 48 residents.
We provide 24/7 care and support to our older and sometimes sick residents and are seeking for both day and night staff to bring on board.
Our Christian background is at the heart of both our values and actions to ensure that the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs of all residents are met.
* 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.
* Working pattern: Alternative weekend and one week working 16hrs and one-week 12hrs
Benefits
* Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
* Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
* Assigned buddy
* Ongoing support from management
* Flexible working: various working hours
* Pension scheme
* Care Friends referral
* Perkbox – including an Employee assistance programme.
* Long-standing service rewards
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Please note: this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received so please apply as soon as possible if interested.
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