Care Assistant

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with over 100 homes across the country. They are committed to creating meaningful lives for residents and for their care teams, and supporting and celebrating the hard work of their carers.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are about supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, youll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant.

About the role

Your focus as a Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.

Other responsibilities will include:

- Assisting residents in all personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect at all times.
- Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents (e.g., weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infection) and escalating identified risks in a timely manner.
- Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
- Practising safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About You

To be successful, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable. Experience is not required as we offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.

- Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents and other people in the home.
- Be an efficient worker who can carry out reasonable instructions from other team members.
- Be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Please note this role will require:

- A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Other information

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Qualifications

Experience is not required; Avery Healthcare provides a thorough induction and training program. The ideal candidate should have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents, be an efficient worker, and be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Disclosure

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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