Care Assistant - Care Home

Job summary

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career. ABOUT YOU To join us as a Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents.

Main duties of the job

The role of Care Assistant at Barchester care home involves helping residents enjoy each day by ensuring they receive quality care and support. Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, providing support and companionship, and sharing moments and memories with residents. The job is diverse and rewarding, involving tasks such as supporting residents with food and drink, following care plans, and ensuring one-to-one time. The position offers an opportunity to use one's skills meaningfully and develop a career in care. The ideal candidate should have experience caring for older people, a can-do approach, excellent communication skills, empathy, and a warm-hearted, compassionate approach.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a provider known for delivering quality care in a supportive environment. Their care homes focus on providing the highest standards of care and support that residents deserve, ensuring they enjoy each day. They offer varied work, making it possible for employees to build fulfilling careers. Barchester Healthcare believes in nurturing the dedication and compassion of staff in a rewarding environment, ensuring each resident receives personalized and compassionate care. They provide training and development opportunities to help staff thrive and offer a sector-leading rewards package that includes benefits like free training, access to wellbeing tools, and retail discounts.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.

REWARDS PACKAGE

In return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:

Free training and development for all rolesAccess to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savingsUnlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus schemeEmployee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'

And so much more!

If you'd like to use your people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Experience caring for older people, can-do approach, excellent communication skills, empathy, and compassion