Simmonite Road, Kimberworth Park, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 3EQ
Care Assistant
Job Type: Bank
Job Category: Bank
Closing Date: 31 October 2024
Pay: £11.44 - £11.69 per hour
Extraordinary People, Exceptional Care
Do you want to begin a fulfilling career in care, with excellent training and progression opportunities? Whether you are new to care or you’re an experienced carer, at Orchard Care, we value our Care Assistants and invest in their career within our homes.
The role of a Care Assistant plays a vital role in supporting the people living within Orchard homes. We ensure everyone is cared for with dignity and respect while engaging them in how they receive support from our staff. You will play a key role in ensuring they engage in meaningful activities and receive the best support in line with their individual needs.
No day is ever the same! This position is challenging and isn’t for everyone, but the intrinsic rewards are incomparable. We offer a tailored career path that will give you industry-leading training and help you reach your career goals.
You will work in a close team that understands each person’s needs and provides a meaningful contribution to their lives.
Main Duties
* To enable people to remain as independent as possible whilst providing support and assistance as per the individual’s needs. This will include delivering personal care including washing, dressing, and oral care.
* Be understanding and patient towards everyone and their needs, encourage and support them to participate in leisure activities as appropriate to the individual and their preferences, ensuring their social and emotional needs are met.
* Responsible for making and changing beds, tidying rooms, undertaking light cleaning duties as needed and generally assisting in ensuring that the home is kept clean, pleasant, and welcoming at all times.
* Helping to serve meals and drinks at mealtimes and other times, taking care to present meals and refreshments in an attractive way, with polite and courteous service.
* To understand and comply with all statutory and legal requirements which are relevant to the role such as Health & Safety, COSHH, all aspects of the Care Standards Act, and Infection Prevention and Control policies.
* To ensure all written or verbal communications regarding activity in the home remain factual and evidence-based, to support learning from significant events.
About Orchard Care Homes
Orchard Care Homes has been providing care for older people for over 15 years. We are committed to being at the heart of the local community and delivering the same level of care that we would all wish for our loved ones.
We believe in investing in our people. Your professional development will be actively encouraged, with plenty of training and progression opportunities across our homes.
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