Care Assistant
- Location: Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Job Type: Temporary
- Sector: Adult Care Services
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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.