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.