Care Assistant

Legal Wills; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A care home provider in Hemel Hempstead is seeking a Care Assistant to provide personal care to residents. The ideal candidate should have a caring nature and be part of a supportive team. Full training is provided, and duties include assisting with daily activities, following care plans, and ensuring a safe environment. Benefits include competitive hourly pay and various employee support programs.

Benefits

£12.50 per hour

Paid holiday

Pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Comprehensive Training and Career Development

Cycle to work scheme

Staff recognition schemes

Refer a Friend bonus of up to £1000

Friendly working environment

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications or experience required, as full training is provided.
• Individuals should have a sense of compassion and care about people's comfort and happiness.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care to residents, including bathing and eating support.
• Follow electronic care plans and administer prescribed medication.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety of residents' home.

Skills

Caring nature

Team collaboration

Job description

Why Join Us?

We’re proud of our happy home and are dedicated to creating a place where everyone enjoys coming to work each day. As part of a lively and supportive team, we are surrounded by fascinating residents who bring so much to our lives every day too.

Benefits Of Joining Our Team

• £12.50 per hour
• Full time - Day shifts
• Weekday and weekend shifts
• Paid holiday
• Pension
• Staff recognition schemes
• Refer a Friend bonus of up to £1000
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Comprehensive Training and Career Development
• Cycle to work scheme
• A friendly and supportive working environment
• Dedicated mental health champions

About the Role

As our Care Assistant (Days), you’ll provide personal care to our residents, supporting them with bathing, eating, visiting the bathroom, and also getting around and enjoying our lovely home. Your warm, supportive, and caring nature will help you build meaningful relationships with our residents and you will get to know everything about their likes and dislikes as well as their needs.

Here are some other important things you need to know:

• You’ll follow electronic care plans for each resident and administer medication as prescribed, accurately maintaining appropriate records for both.
• You must be alert at all times to our residents physical and mental well being.
• You will help maintain our high standards ensuring our residents home is always clean and safe.

The Ideal Candidate

Exceptional people make an exceptional care home. We’re looking for people who have a caring nature and want to work as part of an amazing team, surrounded by kindness and fun! For most of the roles in our vibrant care home, you don’t need specific qualifications or experience to be successful as full training is provided. What we do look for are individuals who share our sense of compassion, care about peoples comfort and happiness and want to make a positive difference to the lives of our treasured residents and team members.

About Us and Our Home

At Water Mill House Care Home, we believe a happy, supported team delivers the best care. That’s why we’ve signed the Mental Health at Work Commitment developed by experts with six essential standards that help us to create a home where everyone feels safe, valued, and able to thrive. From trained Mental Health Champions to our online Wellbeing & Mindfulness Space, we make sure our people have the tools, time, and support they need because your wellbeing matters here and when we take care of our minds, we can take care of each other and our residents even better.