About this role
Job summary Join Avery Healthcare as a Care Assistant in Purley Gardens Care Home where your compassion and dedication can make a positive impact on residents lives every day. Enjoy a supportive environment with ample opportunities to learn and grow in your career. As part of our close-knit team, you'll be part of a culture that values respect and excellence in care. While experience is not a prerequisite, having qualities such as effective communication, respect, initiative, and flexibility are key to succeeding in this role. Offering a good salary, this permanent position includes night shifts, focusing on delivering high standards of personal care to residents.
Main duties of the job At Avery Healthcare, Care Assistants deliver high standards of personal hygiene care, ensuring residents maintain independence and dignity. Tasks include recognizing clinical risk areas in residents, acting courteously towards them and their visitors, and practicing safe systems of work. You'll be part of an award-winning team at Purley Gardens Care Home, committed to making positive impacts on residents lives. Training is provided to ensure you feel confident in your role. No prior experience is required, though qualities such as initiative, effective communication, and flexibility are important.
About us Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury care homes in the UK, offering meaningful experiences for residents and team members. We prioritize support for our employees, fostering a enriching environment where they can thrive. With over 100 homes across the UK, our mission is to provide exceptional care, empowering both residents and staff to live meaningful lives together. We invest in our team, ensuring they feel valued and respected while delivering the best care possible.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and were here to 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. Were committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, youll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.Were now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant - Nights at Purley Gardens Care Home in Purley. If this sounds like the place for you, wed love to hear from you!
ABOUT THE ROLE
Your focus as 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 their personal hygiene care ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times.
Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, sign of infections and escalate any identified risks in a timely manner. Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident. Practicing safe systems of work across the range of task.
ABOUT YOU
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.
Our ideal candidate must:
Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents and other people in the home. Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members. Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
ABOUT AVERY
At Avery, were not just one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes were a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and were passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.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.This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Effective verbal and written communication skills, ability to demonstrate initiative, respect for residents and others, efficiency in carrying out instructions, and flexibility to handle varied responsibilities.
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 Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.
Address Avery Healthcare
Purley
CR8 2LF
Employer's website https://www.averyhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)