Care Assistants Nights (Bank Staff)

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Care Assistant Nights- Bank Staff- Ashworth Grange
Benefits: Paid breaks, free uniform and DBS, extensive training and professional development and generous staff rewards.
At Ideal Carehomes, we offer 24-hour, all-inclusive residential and dementia care with homes across the North and Midlands. We pride ourselves in making a real difference to the lives of our residents, going beyond just meeting their expectations through the aspirational choices we provide through our person-centred elderly care.
Our 22 state-of-the-art residential care homes have all the finishing touches you would expect from a warm and welcoming home in surroundings which create a great place to live. By putting an active lifestyle at the heart of the home, our caring staff promote independence, ensuring quality care is received by all our residents at all times.

The Day-to-day Duties

As a Care Assistant, you will work as an integral part of the caring team, delivering the highest standards of personalised care to residents, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and dignity, and that individual’s rights to privacy, dignity, independence and choice are met.

Knowledge, Skills And Qualifications Required

As Care Assistant, you will provide the highest level of personal care (toileting, bathing etc.) and attention to residents, following individual care plans carefully and ensuring that all contact is polite, friendly, warm and supportive. Act as a key worker for a named group of residents, ensuring that these responsibilities are carried out in full (as defined in the training manual). Care Assistants will understand and comply with all statutory and legal requirements which are relevant such as Health & Safety, COSHH, all aspects of the Health & Social Care Act, to maintain a safe environment throughout the home. Understand and have an awareness of Infection Control. To always be alert to residents physical and mental wellbeing, immediately reporting any changes in a resident’s condition to a senior person on duty, and to accurately maintain and update residents’ records as required. Our Care Assistants will respect and maintain confidentiality of resident’s personal information at all times, this includes resident’s behaviour and actions and any incidents that may occur in the course of day to day care. Be understanding and patient towards residents and their needs, and encourage, assist and support residents to participate in leisure activities as appropriate to the individual, ensuring their social and emotional needs are met. This also includes escorting residents to outside appointments and leisure outings. As Care Assistant, you will be responsible for making and changing beds, tidying resident’s rooms (with the resident’s permission) undertaking light cleaning duties as needed and generally assisting in ensuring that the Home is kept clean, pleasant and welcoming at all times. Helping to serve meals and drinks at meal times and other times when required, taking care to present meals and refreshments in an attractive way, with polite and courteous service. Also, to provide the appropriate level of support and help for residents who need assistance to eat and drink. To be an active and supportive member of the Care team, Care Assistants will contribute to team meetings, ensuring good communication and helping new team members as appropriate, ensuring that the Care Home is a friendly and supportive working environment.

What The Company Will Offer

Paid breaks Uniform and DBS provided Extensive training and career development for all employees Generous Staff rewards
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