Care Assistant

  • Job Reference: 1361684370-2
  • Date Posted: 17 June 2024
  • Recruiter: Sterling Cross
  • Location: Yorkshire
  • Salary: On Application
  • Sector: Healthcare & Medical
  • Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

A premium residential care home on the outskirts of York is now looking for a Care Assistant (HCA) to join the team.

This home was purpose-built to give residents with age, poor health, and dementia-related needs the best possible home-living experience. The home has a fully Good CQC rating and has outstanding rates of resident satisfaction: regularly praising the delicious and nutritious seasonal menus offered, the jam-packed entertainment programme, the luxurious rooms with stunning countryside views and, above all, the team s genuine kindness and respect.

As a Care Assistant, you ll be making sure residents get all the support they need. From assisting with daily living, to spending some quality one-to-one time, to helping out with some planned activities, you ll help each resident to live well and stay active in a comfortable and caring place.

The home is part of one of the UK s Top 20 Care Home Groups and you ll be offered fantastic opportunities for further development within care, alongside one of the sector s best benefits packages complete with a one-off £500 sign-on bonus as a warm welcome to the team.

This is a permanent, full-time (36h) Care Assistant role, with day shift and night shift patterns available.

Person specification:

  • (Essential) Some previous experience as a Care Assistant in an elderly care setting
  • (Essential) A compassionate approach and an interest in helping vulnerable people
  • (Essential) Willingness to help with personal care tasks
  • (Desirable) Level 2 or Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care (or equivalent)

Benefits/enhancements include:

  • £500 sign-on bonus ( T&Cs apply)
  • Company pension scheme
  • Extensive range of holiday, retail, and leisure discounts
  • Free learning & development opportunities
  • Unlimited access to Refer a Friend bonus scheme
  • Health & wellbeing support
  • Recognition and reward schemes
  • Monthly staff lottery offering cash prizes
  • Free on-site parking
  • Free uniform provided
  • And more!