Care Assistant

Location North Yorkshire
Discipline: Healthcare Assistants
Salary: £12.69 - 12.69 per hour + £500 welcome bonus
Contact name: Suzanne Boon

Contact email: suzanne@sterlingcross.com
Job ref: DW/YO/11724/1
Published: 15 days ago
Startdate: ASAP

A premium residential care home on the outskirts of York is now looking for a Care Assistant (HCA) to join the team.

This home was purpose-built to give residents with age, poor health, and dementia-related needs the best possible home-living experience. The home has a fully “Good” CQC rating and has outstanding rates of resident satisfaction: regularly praising the delicious and nutritious seasonal menus offered, the jam-packed entertainment programme, the luxurious rooms with stunning countryside views and, above all, the team’s genuine kindness and respect.

As a Care Assistant, you’ll be making sure residents get all the support they need. From assisting with daily living, to spending some quality one-to-one time, to helping out with some planned activities, you’ll help each resident to live well and stay active in a comfortable and caring place.

The home is part of one of the UK’s Top 20 Care Home Groups and you’ll be offered fantastic opportunities for further development within care, alongside one of the sector’s best benefits packages – complete with a one-off £500 sign-on bonus* as a warm welcome to the team.

This is a permanent, full-time (36h) Care Assistant role, with day shift and night shift patterns available.

 

Person specification:

  • (Essential) Some previous experience as a Care Assistant in an elderly care setting
  • (Essential) A compassionate approach and an interest in helping vulnerable people
  • (Essential) Willingness to help with personal care tasks
  • (Desirable) Level 2 or Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care (or equivalent)

 

Benefits/enhancements include:

  • £500 sign-on bonus* (*T&Cs apply)
  • Company pension scheme
  • Extensive range of holiday, retail, and leisure discounts
  • Free learning & development opportunities
  • Unlimited access to Refer a Friend bonus scheme
  • Health & wellbeing support
  • Recognition and reward schemes
  • Monthly staff lottery offering cash prizes
  • Free on-site parking
  • Free uniform provided
  • And more!