Weekend Care Assistant

The role of a Weekend Care Assistant at Barchester Healthcare in Henfield involves providing quality care and support to residents in a Barchester care home. This involves helping residents with daily living activities, offering companionship, and ensuring they have their nutritional needs met. It's a role that requires dedication, compassion, and a hands on approach while working in a fulfilling environment. Each day presents new challenges and opportunities, offering a dynamic and rewarding work experience. The company values the contribution of care assistants and provides training and development opportunities along with a competitive pay and benefits package.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one to one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care services in the UK, dedicated to ensuring the well being and quality of life for their residents. The company prides itself on offering top notch care delivered by compassionate and skilled staff. Barchester Healthcare provides a nurturing and supportive environment, ensuring that both residents and staff are well taken care of. They offer free training and development programs for staff, access to wellbeing and support tools, and a range of retail discounts and savings. Employee recognition programs like 'Employee of the Month' and long service awards are part of their commitment to appreciating their team.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one to one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.

REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector leading benefits and rewards package including: Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme Employee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'

And so much more!

If you'd like to use your people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Experience in caring for older people, a proactive approach, and excellent communication skills are crucial. The role requires empathy, a warm hearted approach, and compassion towards residents to ensure high standards of care and support.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.