Care Assistant Days/Nights

Care Assistant - Oakview Lodge Nursing Home, Welwyn Garden City, Part of the Country Court Family
Hours: Days/Nights, 44 hours per week available, working weekends on rota (Shift Times 0800 - 2000 or 2000-0800)

Oakview Lodge Nursing Home provides family-led nursing, residential and dementia care in a quiet area of the beautiful Welwyn Garden City. Situated on the site of the old Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the friendly and compassionate care team delivers outstanding, personalised care to residents with a range of needs.

JOINING THE COUNTRY COURT CARE FAMILY

We’re proud to be a family run business that’s grown over the years to a family of 2,800+ employees and over 40 care homes. We’re passionate about providing 5* care to our residents. From bistros to pubs and cinema rooms to spas – we’ve created extraordinary care homes so we’re looking for extraordinary people to join our team!

ABOUT THE CARE ASSISTANT ROLE

Within the Care Assistant role, you can really make a difference to our residents’ lives. Your responsibilities will include:

• Helping our residents with personal support and care
• Aiding their emotional well-being and social needs
• Supporting residents at meals time
• Interacting with our residents on a personal level
• Maintaining and developing the residents care plan to ensure their needs are met

ABOUT YOU

Our fantastic staff are at the heart of our homes & provide vital day-to-day support to our residents. Having those care values is vital to share a happy home, so we would love to hear from those who really do want to make a difference to people’s lives.

• Be no stranger to working day or night shifts
• Able to engage well with the residents and their families
• Have good written & verbal communication skills
• Have an understanding of people with Dementia.
• Experience as a Care Assistant is preferred but not essential
• Have an NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social care or be willing to work towards this.

IN RETURN

You’ll be joining a family business and will benefit from our generous range of benefits which include:

• 28 days holiday (FTE) (including bank holidays)
• Annual pay reviews, pension contributions & enhanced bank holiday rates
• Supportive and bespoke Induction Training Programmes, ongoing training and development and nationally recognised qualifications*
• Refer a friend or resident bonus scheme*
• Pension Contributions & access to the Blue Light Discount Card
• Annual Staff Awards Programme across all our Homes celebrating our great staff

• Subject to Terms and Conditions

Click the Apply Button Now! -If the Care Assistant sounds like a job for you, we would like to hear from you.

PLEASE NOTE:

All applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK and if successful will need to provide evidence.

You may have experience as

Care Assistant, Carer, support worker, dementia, Alzheimer’s, care worker, health and social care, healthcare, senior Care Assistant.