Care Assistant

Job TitleCare Assistant Location-Amber Wood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0QL Salary-£11.84- £12.14ph Contract type- Permanent /Fixed term contract available Working hours- Days and Nights Welcome bonus payment: £250 You must pass your 12week probatation and complete all Required Training** About us GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England, we provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes older people`s residential care, Specialist dementia care, Mental health nursing and supported housing for people with learning disabilities, with over 25 years` experience in over 100 care schemes, providing three million hours of care each year - GreenSquareAccord provides a hugely rewarding place to work About the Service Amber Wood is a state of the art dementia-specialist residential care home based in Burton-on-Trent. As one of GreenSquareAccord`s Dementia Centre of Excellent, it offers specialist care and support in first-class facilities for people living with dementia and complex needs. The home has been built and designed with sterling standards specifically to meet the needs of people living with dementia, Amber Wood can provide care for up to 45 individuals across 3 different households, each with a communal kitchen where customers can get involved with daily living tasks as they would at home as well as communal living areas including a cinema room, dining room and lounge area. Each household have there own private court yard as well as a large communal garden, each bedroom has an accessible en-suite for each customers personal use, Our community hub area offers a shop, coffee bar, hair dressers and events room that is accessible by customer and families. In your new role, you will: Build relationships with Residents, which are open and two way Support Residents to undertake their daily routines Establish methods of communication with residents, reducing barriers when necessary Accurately report and/or record work activities Support with activities of daily living & personal care Assist residents with mealtimes where necessary. You will ideally have: Experience working within a Care environment (Advantageous but not essential as full induction training will be given) A warm hearted, friendly manner, patience, kindness and good communication, a willingness to help others, requiring patience An open and honest character, respectful and celebrate diversity, connect with colleagues and residents to celebrate uniqueness The ability to be a natural care giver and someone who can communicate in an open and honest manner with your colleagues, residents and their visitors Benefits In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). GreenSquareAccord also offer a non-contractual performance-related bonus scheme. Further details will be made available upon joining, along with supporting documentation which can be found on the GreenSquareAccord intranet site. How to apply Please click Apply All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy. GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment, or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview. Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a fully enhanced DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.