Care Assistant – Days

We are currently recruiting for a Care Assistant and experience isn’t essential. If you would like to work in health and social care and deliver the support and care our residents require, this role is perfect for you.

As one of the largest healthcare providers in the UK it’s important to us to couple great care with meaningful and enjoyable experiences.

We offer you a great range of benefits, which include:

-Competitive salary

-Happy Hub – discounts across shopping, eating out, going out and holidays suited to your lifestyle

-Various shifts available

-Free meals

-Access to excellent training

-Career development opportunities

-Free onsite parking

-Free uniform

-NEST work place pension contributions

-Long service awards

We believe in helping our residents to live their lives as independently as possible and support them in reaching their potential, through both practical and emotional support as well as having a positive impact on their lives.

We see it as our mission to ensure that everyone in our care are supported and look forward to every day with us, and their well-being is maintained through enjoying the simple but essential pleasures of good food and company in a warm and homely environment.

As a Care Assistant you will be:

-Delivering quality personal care to each of our residents

-Supporting them with daily activities such as washing, dressing, eating and maintaining personal hygiene

-Understanding our resident’s communication needs and adapting your communication to each individual, e.g. sounds, tones, body language

-Providing emotional support to individuals and their families

-Working with significant people in our resident’s life, such as friends and family, by giving them confidence and reassurance and involving them in our resident’s care

To succeed you will be:

-A team player who engages well with others

-Strong communicator and influencer

-Energetic and hard-working

-Flexible and adaptable to change

-Passionate about offering superior services and want to make a difference

-A glass half full person, with a sense of humour and a positive outlook

If you possess these qualities, or have worked in a retail, supermarket, warehouse or other customer facing environments then no experience of working as a Care Assistant is necessary. We provide you with excellent learning, development and support opportunities, to equip you with the knowledge and skills to make a real difference in the role.

We now have an opportunity for carers to join Springcare, where every day you can make a difference to someone’s life.

Here at Springcare, we believe that good carers have many great qualities that make them excellent at their job.

What qualities does it take to be a Care Assistant at Springcare?

compassion, sensitivity and understanding
a desire to help people
people skills and excellent communication skills
patience and the ability to keep calm and work well under pressure
to be thorough and pay attention to detail
to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device
Not only do our care team provide nursing care to our residents, they also help to make our residents lives fulfilled, treat each resident with dignity & respect, and care for them all as if they were their own family.

About the role:

Some of the daily tasks that a carer at Springcare would carry out would include:

helping with washing and dressing
Assisting with feeding and mealtimes
finding out and knowing residents interests and needs.
general housekeeping such as tidying residents’ private bedrooms and communal areas
supporting each resident’s physical and mental wellbeing through activities.
Our care team provide 24-hour care, where day care shifts are worked from 8am until 8pm, and night-time shifts are from 8pm until 8am.

Typical Shift patterns for Days

Days Shift Contracts

8am until 8pm
8am until 2pm
2pm until 8pm
What Springcare can offer to you:

Permanent full and part time day or night contracts – with access to our work placed pension scheme
Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay
Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
Fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications (level 2 through to 5) with internal career progression opportunities
Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)
Access to counselling and wellbeing support
Family friendly policies
Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal
If you are interested in becoming a carer with Springcare, have the qualities that we believe make our carers fantastic, we would love to hear from you and be part of your journey in care.

Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.

Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all of our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care.