At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide personal care and support to residents, building meaningful relationships.
- Company: Alderwood Care Home, a supportive and vibrant environment.
- Benefits: Earn £13.00 per hour, enjoy flexible shifts, and receive 28 days annual leave.
- Other info: Comprehensive training provided, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing.
- Why this job: Make a positive impact on residents' lives while working in a caring team.
- Qualifications: Previous care experience is essential; compassion and kindness are key.
The predicted salary is between 13 - 13 £ per hour.
Location: 39 Essex Hall Road
Contract: Zero hour contract, Bank shifts, Various shift patterns
Salary: £13.00 per hour
Closing Date: 08/07/2026
Benefits of joining our team:
- £13.00 per hour
- Zero hours contract - Bank shifts
- Enhanced pay on bank holidays
- 28 days annual leave (inclusive of statutory bank holidays)
- Pension
- Refer a Friend bonus of up to £1000
- £50 gift card
- Dedicated Mental Health Champions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Comprehensive Training and Career Development
- A friendly and supportive working environment
About the role:
As our Care Assistant (Bank shifts), 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’s 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.
- Previous care experience is essential, and residential elderly care experience is desirable.
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 people’s 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:
Caring for Our Mental Health – Together. At Alderwood 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.
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