Care Assistant

Location: Abbey Lea, Selby

Salary: £12.21 to £12.30 per hour

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours/ Working Pattern: Full Time (38.5 hours p/w Day)

Openness, Caring, Honesty, Respect, Encouragement if these are qualities you embody Ochre Care is looking for you! 

Abbey Lea is a lovely care home where our focus is the comfort and well-being of our residents. Abbey Lea benefits from being in a rural village location with a large garden and on a popular bus route.

The care and comfort of our residents is our absolute priority, and we aim to provide exceptional support and care to our residents for as long as they choose to live at Abbey Lea, our staff have a holistic approach to care and everything is person centred around the resident.

We value teamwork, honesty, and a strong work ethic when we are looking for new team members, we are looking for caring and compassionate individuals who put the residents at the heart of everything they do, so if this is you get in touch.

We offer a range of benefits including:

• Employee assistance 
• Marketplace for staff discounts 
• Enhanced pay for all bank holidays
• Enhanced pay on Christmas and New Year 
• Training and NVQ qualification

Care Assistant – full time hours – 12 hour shifts 7:00-19:00

Main duties/responsibilities:

• Provide a high standard of care and support to ensure all residents have their needs and wishes met during your shifts to include but not limited to personal care, support with meals and activities.
• Upload thorough daily notes ,actions and comments to the digital care planning system, using exceptional recording skills.
• Ensure mandatory training is completed within the agreed timescale
• Support The senior carers to ensure all areas of the home are clean, tidy and pleasant for residents and visitors
• Support the Senior carers to ensure all tasks and checks are completed on each shift
• Communicate with family/friends of residents with professionalism and warmth, assisting them with anything they may need
• Greet and help all visitors to the home i.e. healthcare professionals and contractors, with professionalism and confidence
• Support the management team to promote the home to the local community

Abbey Lea are in partnership with Careskills academy for online learning, York council Learning for NVQ’s We are committed to staff training and development, career progression and have an external provider who provides other practical training.

Main duties/responsibilities:

• Provide a high standard of care and support to ensure all residents have their needs and wishes met during your shifts to include personal care, support with meals and activities
• Upload actions and comments to the digital care planning system
• Ensure mandatory training is completed within the agreed timescale
• Support your shift lead to ensure all areas of the home are clean, tidy and pleasant for residents and visitors
• Support the shift lead to ensure all tasks and checks are completed on each shift
• Communicate with family/friends of residents with professionalism and warmth, assisting them with anything they may need
• Greet and help all visitors to the home i.e. healthcare professionals and contractors, with professionalism and confidence
• Support the management team to promote the home to the local community

What we offer to great people

If you think you are the right person to work in our home, whether you have experience or not we would like to speak with you. The right personality is what we are looking for to work alongside our lovely current team!

 

* It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.* 

*We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk* 

If you feel this is the role for you, please contact Melissa at melissa.humpleby@northyorks.gov.uk for further information.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for more than one of our vacancies, you will only need submit ONE application.

You can state in the ‘Supporting Evidence’ section of your application the other roles you would like to be considered for, but any suitable roles will be discussed with you. 

 Together we can Make Care Matter.

#MakeCareMatter #EverydayisDifferent #WorkinCare  

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