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Care Assistant Days. Burscough Manor Care Home
- Salary: £11.61 per hour
- Contract: Fulltime 3 days per week (including some weekends)
- Shifts: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
At Sandstone Care Group we are dedicated to creating exceptional environments for both our residents and staff. Burscough Manor Care Home located in the peaceful surroundings of Burscough's historic airbase is a luxurious purposebuilt 80bed facility. Opened just two years ago it provides the highest standard of specialist care including complex care dementia care palliative care and general residential and nursing care.
Burscough Manor offers a fantastic opportunity to be part of a growing care home shaping its culture and contributing to its success as occupancy increases. With competitive pay excellent transport links and significant opportunities for professional development it’s an exciting place to build your career.
As a Care Assistant you will be at the heart of our residents’ daily lives providing essential care and support to enhance their quality of life. Your role will involve a diverse range of responsibilities including:
- Delivering highquality personal care: Assisting residents with bathing dressing grooming and other personal hygiene needs.
- Supporting mealtimes: Helping residents with eating and drinking ensuring that individual dietary needs and preferences are respected.
- Encouraging independence: Promoting dignity and selfreliance by enabling residents to participate in activities wherever possible.
- Companionship and emotional support: Building meaningful relationships with residents to provide comfort understanding and a sense of community.
- Activity engagement: Supporting residents to participate in hobbies interests and recreational activities that enhance their mental and physical wellbeing.
- Maintaining a safe environment: Ensuring cleanliness health and safety throughout the care home addressing any risks or issues promptly.
- Collaborating with the care team: Working closely with colleagues to provide consistent personcentered care tailored to each resident's individual needs.
- Ongoing training and development: Attending all required training sessions and actively seeking opportunities to enhance your knowledge and skills.
Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:
- Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
- Discounts on the high street* with retailers like Asda Costa and Argos
- ReferaFriend and get a £250 bonus
- Flexible pay* choose when you are paid and get money management tips too
- Free wellbeing programme helping you look after your physical and mental health
- Employee recognition scheme we recognise and reward great work
- Pension scheme helping you plan for your retirement
- Inhouse training ongoing facetoface training tailored to you
- Career opportunities The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role
*Overtime is paid for working over full time hours. However overtime enhancement will not feature on your contract of employment and can be withdrawn at any time as managers decision is final. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘WAGESTREAM’
What We’re Looking For
We are searching for individuals who are passionate empathetic and dedicated to delivering exceptional care. Key qualities and requirements include:
- A caring and compassionate nature: A genuine desire to help others and a positive friendly attitude.
- Excellent communication skills: The ability to listen to residents' needs and provide clear supportive responses.
- Reliability and professionalism: A strong sense of responsibility punctuality and the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Teamwork and adaptability: Willingness to collaborate with colleagues and adapt to the changing needs of the residents and care home.
- Attention to detail: Observant and proactive in identifying changes in residents’ physical emotional or mental health and reporting concerns to senior staff.
- Commitment to learning: Enthusiasm for attending training sessions and developing new skills to provide the best possible care.
- Flexibility: Availability to work a range of shifts including weekends to meet the needs of the residents.
- Previous experience (desirable but not essential): Experience in health or social care is beneficial but not mandatory. We provide comprehensive training for those new to the field.
If you are enthusiastic about making a difference in the lives of others and want to grow your career in a supportive and dynamic environment we would love to hear from you!
Apply now to join the Sandstone Care Group family at Burscough Manor Care Home.
Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates LGBTQ as well as nonbinary candidates and those with experience of mental health.
Employment Type
Full Time
