Care Assistant
We currently have an opportunity for a compassionate and adaptable Care Assistant to join our motivated care team in our residential care home for the older people in Wantage, Oxford. For more information about the home, click .
Our enthusiastic and motivated care team provides care 24/7 for our residents. The Care Assistant’s role is vital in residential care of the elderly, promoting their health and well-being on a personal level. Because we provide care 24/7, we especially need staff to work through the night, providing care and support to very frail, and sometimes sick residents.
Our residential care home, "Framland" in Wantage is a warm and friendly home for older people, caring for up to 21 residents.
Have a watch here of ‘What it means to work in a Christian Care Home
Responsibilities:
* Provide 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.
* 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.
* Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed.
* Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks when needed.
* Assist in the care at end of life.
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About you:
* 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.
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Hours:
Full-Time: 30 hours per week
Working a mixture of shifts, including alternate weekends
Applicants are also invited for bank shifts to cover absence sickness and holidays.
Benefits:
* Training & development
* Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
* Paid DBS checks
* Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
* Ongoing support from management
* Flexible working: various working hours
* Team events
* Pension scheme
* Care Friends referral
* Medicash
* Perkbox – including an Employee assistance programme.
* Long-standing service rewards
* Birthday rewards
— What our staff say about us: …“It is a friendly and welcoming place to work” … —
Pilgrims’ Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. 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