Forest Home is recruiting Care Assistants to work in Sible Hedingham, CO9. No experience is necessary as full paid training is provided.
You will be part of an established family-run care home that operates throughout Essex & Suffolk.
Your main duties will include:
Maintaining professional standards of care within the home at all times
Take full precautions for the safety of residents, staff and visitors within the home
To complete any training courses necessary
Take the necessary fire precautions and adhere at all times to the fire rules
Adhere to moving and handling policy and individual moving and handling assessments
Adhere to infection control policy
To have a clean and tidy appearance
To consult care plans and risk assessments on a regular basis
Total care of elderly residents including confused, disabled, frail, incontinent and when necessary a dying resident
Promoting initiative, individual potential and interest in all residents within the home
Assist residents to preserve their dignity, self-respect and privacy
Attend to laundry and residents personal clothing
Regular 2 hourly checks minimal to be completed and residents turned regularly when required, more frequent checks to be done when resident unwell or dying
Drinks to be served at any time upon residents requests
To assist residents to eat when required in a non-hurried, pleasant manner
Assist any residents to bed who are still up, and get any residents up who wish in the mornings, washing and dressing them
Housework to be completed
If you are in doubt about something when caring for a resident, always seek advice from the person on-call
Consult night staff routine procedures for a more in depth list of things to be completed.
We can offer you full or part-time hours including every other weekend.
Essential:
Have a naturally caring and compassionate nature
Be reliable and honest
Understand the importance of maintaining our Service Users' dignity and respect
Excellent verbal and written communication
What we can offer you:
Paid induction training with regular updates
Care Certificate and Health and Social Care Qualifications
Free DBS Check (if required)
Uniforms and PPE provided
Holiday Pay
Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
Join a great team working for a highly respected organization
Support & encouragement to progress and reach your full potential within your chosen career
Forest Home is positive about inclusion and welcomes applications from individuals who can meet the requirements of the job position and may wish to request flexible working or reasonable adjustments to support them.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: 12.40-12.62 per hour
Additional pay:
Yearly bonus
Benefits:
Company pension
Employee discount
Free parking
On-site parking
Store discount
Schedule:
12 hour shift
Night shift
Weekend availability
Work Location: In person
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