Care Assistant (Nights) in Calcot

Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, supporting older people for over 120 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for those in financial difficulty.

Friends Place, Calcot is more than just a care home; it’s a vibrant, welcoming community designed to provide exceptional residential, dementia, and respite care. Run by Friends of the Elderly, we pride ourselves on delivering personalised, compassionate care in a state-of-the-art facility. Located in the heart of Calcot, Reading, our home features a cinema, a salon, a tea room, and a vibrant bar designed to create a warm and homely environment where residents feel safe, valued, and supported.

As our home grows, we have an opportunity for Care Assistants (nights) to join us. Joining us as a Care Assistant, you will help our residents with various tasks including:

• Personal care.
• Companionship.
• Meal preparation.
• Mobility.
• Keeping care records up to date.

We would like our Care Assistant to be someone who has a real passion for care. Someone who sees this as an opportunity to build solid relationships with our residents, allowing them to live well in later life by putting them at the heart of all that you do. Empathetic and respectful, self-motivated and flexible, you will be a team player who is always willing to go the extra mile, enabling our residents to lead fulfilled lives. No prior experience is needed, as we will give you all the training you’ll need to excel in this role. This isn’t just a job; it’s about making a difference to older people’s lives every day.

Why Join Friends of the Elderly?

This is a unique opportunity to shape the culture and success of our newest care home, leaving a lasting impact on residents’ lives and the community. In return for your hard work and dedication, you can look forward to a wealth of benefits:

• Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.
• Generous annual leave.
• Wellbeing support through various initiatives, including an assistance programme offering coaching and counselling support.
• Learning, development, and progression opportunities.
• Retail discounts to make your salary go further.
• Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earned.
• Health cash plans for you and your family.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Long service awards that increase with length of service.
• Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.
• Evening, weekend, and bank holiday enhancements to pay.
• Uniforms are provided.
• Free DBS checks.

Safeguarding: Keeping everyone safe is one of the charity’s core values, central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.

Criminal record checks: As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us; this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other’s differences. Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts and retains the best people. People that care and can make a difference.

We currently do not provide sponsorship but we welcome applications from those who have a right to work in the UK. Don’t delay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.