Care Assistant Wymondham, East of England, England
Job description
Sutherlands Care Home, Wymondham, Norfolk
Care Assistant , £10.00ph
Sutherlands is one of two care homes owned by East Anglia Care Homes Ltd. It is a family business and is run like a family business with all the attention and care on hand.
Working as a Care Assistant you will work as part of the overall care team to ensure consistency and continuity of services that you provide to our residents. You will create a welcoming, supportive and stimulating environment and build relationships with both residents and their families. It is important to us that you couple great care with meaningful and enjoyable experiences.
As a Care Assistant you will be:
- Responsible for delivering a high quality of care. You will be an example of what good care is.
- Make timely record of care you have provided.
- Make timely record of observations you make whilst providing care.
- Report any concerns to nurses/ seniors and to the manager if necessary.
- Ensuring all areas across the Care Home are kept clean, tidy and pleasant for all residents and family members
- Communicating professionally and warmly with visitors, family members and other health care professionals
- Promoting the Home in a professional manner and raise awareness of the Home within the local community.
- Punctual for the start of your shift, professional in appearance and wearing the correct uniform.
- Be reliable and dependable.
To succeed you will be: * A strong team member and good communicator
- Passionate about offering a superior service and want to make a difference
- Willing to take ownership for the delivery of quality care
- A person with a sense of humour and a positive outlook.
- Prepared to spend any free time engaging residents in activities that interest to them
Our Care Assistants will ideally have gained NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care but if not, we will support you to achieve it, if you wish to do so. Experience of working as a care assistant will be an advantage but is not essential.
We offer you a great range of benefits, which include:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive holiday entitlement
- Access to excellent training
- Career development opportunities
- Free onsite parking
- Discretionary paid break on every shift of 6 hours.
- NEST work place pension contributions
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Salary: £10.00 per hour
Shift:
- Day shift
- Night shift
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
