Job Title: Care Assistant
Job Location: Showell Court, Othello Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 9NN
Salary: £12.91 per hour
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours:Part Time and Full Time available
Working pattern -
7am-2:30pm or 2:30pm-10pm shifts which are paid as 7 hours shift with a 30 minute unpaid break
There is a 2 week rolling rota on set hours covering weekends and bank holidays.
Care is delivered in one building so no travel in community.
Please note - We do not offer sponsorship
About the role
Showell Court is a homely extra care service which helps people continue to live independently with access to a warm and friendly care team. Living at Showell Court allows you to have your own front door in a private and self-contained apartment with a variety of facilities on your door step. We offer both long and short term stays.
Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.
About you
In your new role as Care Assistant, you will:
- Build relationships with Residents, which are open and two way
- Support Residents to undertake their daily routines
- Establish methods of communication with residents, reducing barriers when necessary
- Accurately report and/or record work activities
- Support with activities of daily living & personal care
- Assist residents with mealtimes where necessary.
As Care Assistant, you will ideally have:
- Experience working within a care environment
- A warm hearted, friendly manner, patience, kindness and good communication, a willingness to help others, requiring patience
- An open and honest character, respectful and celebrate diversity, connect with colleagues and residents to celebrate uniqueness
- The ability to be a natural care giver and someone who can communicate in an open and honest manner with your colleagues, residents and their visitors
Benefits
In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes:
- Trust based flexible working and supportive and friendly teams
- 20 days annual holiday entitlement, increasing to 22 days
- Opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
- A defined contribution pension scheme GSA matches up to 6% contributions
- We offer a service which provides 24/7 online GP appointments, second medical opinions, health checks, mental health support, 24/7 medical health helpline, wellbeing app, nutrition advice and fitness plans and legal and financial support.
- Access to Blue Light discount card membership
- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Eligible for occupational sick pay
How to apply - Click Apply Now
If this sounds like the exciting new challenge you`ve been waiting for, we`d love to hear from you.
All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.
GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.
If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.
