Care Assistant

Job Description

New Directions Health & Social Care are looking to recruit dedicated care assistants to join our friendly team on either a full or part time basis in the following areas:

• Torfaen
• Blaenau Gwent
• Caerphilly
• Neath
• Port Talbot

We’re seeking caring, compassionate individuals who enjoy interacting with elderly residents and assisting them with their daily activities. Candidates must be warm and friendly, with a strong work ethic, a positive attitude and a genuine passion for providing elderly residents with high quality care and support. If you’re compassionate, friendly and looking to make a difference to people’s lives then we would be interested to hear from you.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Providing high standards of care
• Assisting residents with all aspects of personal care whilst maintaining dignity and respect
• Ensuring safe practices of manual handling, transferring, repositioning and movement of clients
• Report any concerns or issues to the team leader, nurse in charge or home manager as appropriate including reports of any complaints
• Encourage clients to participate in social and recreational duties

Key Skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• A basic understanding of legislative requirements
• Ability to empathise
• Manual Handling certificate
• Excellent team player
• Personal care
• Assist with mobility issues
• Ability to understand and follow policies and procedures

Essential criteria:

• Must have previous experience working in an elderly care home setting in either 3 months paid or 6 months voluntary work

Desirable criteria:

• Ideally manual handling trained

Benefits working with New Directions

• Weekly pay – on time, reliable pay with support every step of the way
• Flexible working – use our online portal to update your availability and request shifts to work around you
• Ongoing CPD – New Directions has its own internal training company to ensure you are constantly up-skilled and updated
• Great bonuses including Refer A Friend scheme
• A dedicated team to help you
• 24 hour on call service in place
• Award winning Company
• Respected reputation throughout the social care and recruitment industry
• Working as part of a friendly, established team

If you are interested in the role, please apply today. Not for you, we offer a £150 referral bonus with every successful referral.

New Directions Social Care is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

 

Benefits:

• Working as part of a friendly, established team
• 24 hour On Call Service in place
• Flexibility to choose where, when and how much you want to work
• Competitive pay rates
• Recommend-a-friend scheme
• Award winning company
• Online Services to access to your information; payslips, request holiday pay
• Full booking confirmation before you start
• Access to FREE Training Courses and personal development
• Respected reputation throughout the Social Care and recruitment industry

DBS:

We are fully committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. All applicants must undertake a robust recruitment procedure and hold a fully enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) check.

Please contact New Directions Social Care for more information about this job vacancy, on 029 2039 0150, or use our form below to enquire about this job vacancy.

New Directions (Recruitment) Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Last modified: 26th April 2024