About this role
Job summary This Care Assistant position at Barchester Healthcare in Uckfield offers a rewarding opportunity for compassionate individuals dedicated to providing quality care to residents in a care home setting. As a permanent role, it provides a salary of £13.40 per hour. The job involves assisting residents with daily living activities, offering support and companionship, and ensuring high standards of care. You will work in a fulfilling environment where every day is different, bringing your dedication and empathy to the forefront as you help residents enjoy their days with dignity and comfort.
Main duties of the job 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 us Barchester Healthcare is committed to providing high-quality care in its care homes, ensuring that residents receive the support and companionship they need to live fulfilling lives. Barchester emphasizes the importance of empathy, communication, and a warm-hearted approach in its care assistants. The company provides a range of sector-leading benefits and a supportive environment where staff can access free training and development, as well as wellbeing tools, retail discounts, and opportunities for recognition through bonus schemes and awards. This focus on quality care and staff welfare makes Barchester a desirable place to work.
Job description 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.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
To join as a Care Assistant, you'll need some experience in caring for older people, excellent communication skills, and a compassionate, empathetic approach. Barchester provides all necessary training.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Barchester Healthcare
Address Barchester Healthcare
Uckfield
TN22 3FH
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)