Position: Care Assistant Reference: 14510 Location: Amber Wood, Belvedere Road, Burton on Trent, DE13 0QL Salary: 10.82 Hours: 0-28 Job description: Job Title- Care Assistant Location- Amber Wood, DE13 0QL Salary-£10.82 Contract type- Permanent Working hours- Part time Shift Times Available - 7.30am - 3.00pm, 2.30pm - 10.00pm About us GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England, we provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society.
This includes older people s residential care, Specialist dementia care, Mental health nursing and supported housing for people with learning disabilities, with over 25 years experience in over 100 care schemes, providing three million hours of care each year - GreenSquareAccord provides a hugely rewarding place to work About the Service Amber Wood is a state of the art dementia-specialist residential care home based in Burton-on-Trent.
As one of GreenSquareAccord s Dementia Centre of Excellent, it offers specialist care and support in first-class facilities for people living with dementia and complex needs.
The home has been built and designed with sterling standards specifically to meet the needs of people living with dementia, Amber Wood can provide care for up to 45 individuals across 3 different households, each with a communal kitchen where customers can get involved with daily living tasks as they would at home as well as communal living areas including a cinema room, dining room and lounge area.
Each household have there own private court yard as well as a large communal garden, each bedroom has an accessible en-suite for each customers personal use, Our community hub area offers a shop, coffee bar, hair dressers and events room that is accessible by customer and families.
In your new role, 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.
You will ideally have: Experience working within a Care environment (Advantageous but not essential as full induction training will be given) 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; Be part of one of the most dynamic, innovative, and ambitious housing and social care organisations in the UK.
Pension scheme with contributions matched up to 6% Access to Wage Stream a benefit which allows colleagues to access up to 30% of their earned wages.
Wagestream isn t a loan and there are no interest charges Confidential support service with access to free counselling Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
Career progression with opportunities to complete QCF Qualification Specialist online care induction followed by additional support and training A generous package of terms and conditions, including enhanced rates of pay for bank holidays and night shifts Guaranteed contracted hours Free DBS and uniform £250 Refer a friend payment scheme Access to Wage Stream a benefit which allows colleagues to access up to 30% of their earned wages.
Wagestream isn`t a loan and there are no interest charges