Care Assistant

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Care Assistant - day shifts - immediate start at Golders Green, NW11. Work flexibly around your family or other commitments, we can offer between 24 and 36 hours per week. We are recruiting Care Assistants to our residential care homes in Barnet. We care for older persons/living with dementia.

THE ROLE
Duties will include personal care, moving and handling, mealtime support, social activities, and other tasks required to support our residents through their lives. You will build strong relationships with all those around you, making sure family and friends feel welcomed, that health care professionals are kept well-informed, and that you keep your team leader up to speed with residents needs and progress.

You will also help our residents to live a full life; to be more independent, to enjoy their daily activities, and to exercise choice in their day‑to‑day living. Whether you are assisting your team leader, completing care records, or lending someone a hand to eat their lunch, you will make all the residents you care for feel safe, comfortable and secure.

In other words, you will make them feel right at home.

WHAT WE NEED YOU TO HAVE
You will have experience working with older people in residential care, you are willing to learn, are flexible, patient, caring, organised, enthusiastic, and great with people. You will have good written and verbal communication, and be IT competent. You will need to be flexible to work shifts on a rota basis. You will be eligible to work in the UK. You may have completed your QCF 1-5 (equivalent NVQ 2 or 3 in Care).

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
Please forward your CV with full contact details including postal and email address. On receipt your CV will be reviewed and we will contact you for a telephone interview. If successful we will complete your recruitment, induction/training, and get you started as soon as possible. If you would like a meaningful career making a positive impact to the lives of those who require care and support, then please apply now!

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU?

• Pay rates start at £12.25 per hour, and increase depending on your experience and qualifications.
• Paid holiday to 28 days.
• Staff recognition scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Assistance with London transport costs.
• Assistance with London accommodation costs.
• Workplace pension contributions through NEST.
• Free uniform.
• Paid mandatory training, and the opportunity for ongoing specialist training, e.g. advanced food hygiene / diabetes / dementia, to ensure you can professionally develop yourself, and best meet the care needs of this service user group.
• £250.00 signing-on bonus / £250.00 annual retention bonus / unlimited £250.00 refer a friend scheme.
• Career advancement opportunities to ensure you can enjoy a fulfilling career in this sector.
• Long service awards.

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