Care Assistants
Location: Andover, Hampshire
Salary: £23,205 per annum
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Closing Date: Sunday 08 December 2024
The Offer
Our Care Assistants at Enham Trust work shifts between the hours of 7.00am and 9.30pm five days of the week covering across Monday to Sunday. The morning shift is 7.00am to 2.30pm, the afternoon shift is 2.00pm to 9.30pm, and there is a separate night shift working from 8pm to 8am or 9pm to 7am for 3 nights per week.
We can be flexible to accommodate longer 12-hour shifts with fewer days. We are also open to discussing part-time Care Assistant positions in line with the above shifts, along with Casual Contracts with flexible hours to cover shifts. You will be working with residents and the staff team to ensure residents receive a high standard of care, ensuring the service offered upholds the principles of promoting person-centred care and strict adherence to the Skills for Care Code of Conduct for Adult Social Care Workers in England.
As a Care Assistant at Enham Trust Care Homes, you will work in partnership with residents encouraging choice, control, participation, and motivation while adhering to Enham Trust and the Aster Group values. You will have the opportunity to help improve the lives of those in need, making a positive difference.
We are passionate about our colleagues' Learning, Development & Career progression, supporting our Care colleagues with achieving their Care Certificates if required.
About us
We are Enham! Together we have been making a difference to the lives of disabled people for over 100 years, and we look forward to continuing this for the next 100 years! Together we explore opportunities with people so they can live the lives they choose by overcoming limitations and expanding possibilities. Through first-class care, personal development, housing options, and employment, we support people to exercise individual choice and control in their lives.
We live by our values: TOGETHER we do amazing, we WOW people every day, and we dare to be DIFFERENT!
About you
You will need:
* Good communication skills
* Basic literacy and numeracy skills
* To be compassionate and patient
* Ideally some experience in a caring industry, for example, hospitality or schools
* To pass our DBS check or be on the DBS update service
Even better if you have previous experience in a care environment, having knowledge of disabilities, issues relating to physical access and adaptation will be advantageous, in addition to a commitment to and understanding of equal opportunities.
Enham as part of the Aster Group is not a sponsorship organisation, and all candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group and its subsidiary brands.
We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes:
* A focus on colleague wellbeing - workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training, and a health cash plan
* We invest in colleagues' careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
* Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
* Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
* Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries, and lots more
* We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives, and monthly and annual awards
Please note, we are actively shortlisting candidates throughout the duration of the advert; interviews will be held as soon as possible, and we will make an offer immediately if we find the right candidate. Apply without delay!
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