Contract: Permanent - Part Time (24 hours per week)
Working Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends
About the Charity
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, offering care home and day care services, as well as grants for older people facing financial difficulty.
Malvern Day Care Overview
Malvern offers person-centred day care for people living with dementia. Our customers can meet new friends and take part in activities they enjoy, with help and support available from our dedicated and experienced care staff.
Care Assistant Role
Joining us as a Care Assistant, you will help our residents with various tasks, including:
* Personal care
* Companionship
* Meal preparation
* Mobility support
* Keeping care records up to date
We would like our Care Assistant to join us with at least 6 months experience in a care home environment. Empathetic and respectful, self-motivated and flexible, you will be a team player who is always willing to go the extra mile, enabling our residents to lead fulfilled lives.
We would like you to have a real passion for care – someone who sees this as an opportunity to build solid relationships with our residents, to allow them to live well in later life by putting them at the heart of all that you do.
This isn’t just a job; it’s about making a difference to older people’s lives every day.
Rewards and Recognition
* Learning, development, and career progression
* Wellbeing support through various initiatives, including an employee assistance programme (up to 10 counselling, 4 life, 4 leadership, 3 financial coaching sessions per person, per issue, per year)
* Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further
* Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won
* Access to loans at affordable rates, with salary deduction and advance pay already earned
* Health cash plans for you and your family
* Cycle to work scheme
* Long service awards, increasing with length of service
* Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus
* Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us
* Free parking at our homes and day clubs
* Evening, weekend, and bank holiday enhancements to pay, as well as overtime premiums for care staff
* Uniforms are provided
* Paid breaks in our care homes and day care services for care staff
* Free DBS checks
Safeguarding
Keeping everyone safe is one of the charity’s core values 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 dealing with vulnerable adults, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS 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 accept each other’s differences. We currently do not provide sponsorship but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK.
Don’t 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.
Please refer to the job description upon submitting your application.
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