Care Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

About us

Brindley Manor Nursing Home in Droitwich offers residents a warm, relaxed and homely environment. Everything we do is underpinned by our philosophy of care, ensuring that all residents should be safe and comfortable and treated with respect and equality.

Having caring and professional staff is our highest priority and so the well-being of our staff is critical. We strive to work together as a team to create a professional environment where we can take pride and satisfaction in providing the best quality of care for our residents.

We have an opportunity for you to join our team as a Care Assistant. We provide all necessary training and support and you will be joining a small friendly team of like-minded Carers who pride themselves on providing high quality care.

We are looking for reliable, hard working and committed people who want to make a difference to the lives of our elderly residents and care passionately about their job.

Duties include:

• Providing help with personal care such as washing, bathing and dressing.
• Support at meal times
• Emotional support and wellbeing
• Undertake planned activities with residents
• Update daily logs, including food and fluid intake charts

The Ideal Candidate

It doesn't matter about your experience, if you want to help people there's a career opportunity for you at St Johns. What matters are your personal values. We will provide you with the training you need, including Induction and ongoing development and progression.

• Kind, calm and friendly attitude who has good values.
• Good sense of humour and a willingness to help others.
• Aspiration to learn new skills and progress your career.
• A passion to support individuals to lead an active, enjoyable and independent life.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Prior experience as a Carer would be an advantage

Work remotely

• No

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Apprenticeship

Salary: £10.42 per hour

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
We are a Nursing Home and therefore we are required by law and our duty of care to our residents to ensure we are following Government regulations and guidelines. We will inform you of the additional requirements on application.

Experience:

• care assistant: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person