Job Description

Care Assistant

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We currently have an opportunity for a compassionate and adaptable Care Assistant to join our motivated care team in our residential care home for the older people in Wantage, Oxford. For more information about the home, click here.


Our enthusiastic and motivated care team provides care 24/7 for our residents. The Care Assistant's role is vital in residential care of the elderly, promoting their health and well-being on a personal level. Because we provide care 24/7, we especially need staff to work through the night, providing care and support to very frail, and sometimes sick residents.


Our residential care home, "Framland" in Wantage is a warm and friendly home for older people, caring for up to 21 residents.

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Responsibilities:

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Provide high quality, professional service of care to our residents. Help a resident with personal cleanliness such as helping a resident with a bath. Support residents to eat and drink. Treat others as individuals with unique and diverse needs. Treat our residents with dignity and respect. Support our residents to keep independent and healthy and encourage them to be part of the community within the home. Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed. Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks when needed. Assist in the care at end of life.

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About you:

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You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have an empathy with them; You need to be able to work in a team and be willing to take on any task to provide an excellent level of care to our clients; and You need to be well-organised, adaptable and practical.

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Person Specification

Hours:

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Full-Time: 30 hours per week


Working a mixture of shifts, including alternate weekends


Applicants are also invited for bank shifts to cover absence sickness and holidays.

Benefits:

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Training & development Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills. Paid DBS checks Being part of our friendly and committed staff team Ongoing support from management Flexible working: various working hours Team events Pension scheme Care Friends referral Medicash Perkbox - including an Employee assistance programme. Long-standing service rewards Birthday rewards
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- What our staff say about us: ..."It is a friendly and welcoming place to work" ... -

Pilgrims' Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Please note:

this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received so please apply as soon as possible if interested