Night Shift Care Assistant

If you're passionate and caring and looking for a rewarding job that comes with excellent training and great opportunities for personal development, join our Award Winning Care Home - Riverside House, Morpeth.

We are looking for Care Assistants who are adaptable, friendly, polite and caring. Enjoy working as a team with people from different cultures and backgrounds, and, consider it a privilege to be trusted to look after others. Do you have these values? Then we could have just the role for you.

What you’ll be doing

Being a Care Assistant doesn’t just mean helping residents to remain as active and independent as possible while respecting their rights of choice, privacy and dignity. It means having fun and laughter with them and using your skills to help them deal with day-to-day difficulties like personal care and meal times. It also means working as part of a team to identify their unique goals and implement personalised care plans. And, it means working flexibly to help them explore new interests, engage in physical exercise and activities and make sure they enjoy themselves in a stimulating and homely environment. Put simply, it means making a difference. A real difference.

What you’ll need

Experience of caring for others would be useful, not necessarily in a paid role – you may have looked after an elderly relative or friend. More important though is your kind-hearted nature, your belief in teamwork and your ability to use your initiative and imagination, follow instructions and prioritise a busy workload. You’ll be comfortable talking to, and working with, people from different professions, you’re great at keeping records too. Above all, you have a natural ability to help make the lives of others more fulfilling and want to work in an environment where the work can be hard, but also fun and rewarding.

Our staff also adhere to the Care Act statutory guidance for "Adult Safeguarding":

Protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. It is about people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect, while at the same time making sure that the adult’s wellbeing is promoted including, where appropriate, having regard to their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs in deciding on any action. This must recognise that adults sometimes have complex interpersonal relationships and may be ambivalent, unclear or unrealistic about their personal circumstances.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £12.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• Free parking

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift

Work Location: In person