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Care Assistant
The Croft Care Home
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
£11.44 Per Hour
Full and Part Time Hours Available
Do you want to make a positive difference to people's lives, enabling them to gain greater independence and improve their well-being? If the answer is yes, read on!
Who are Ambient Support?
Ambient Support, a registered UK charity with over 25 years' experience in providing care and support services for older people, people with a mental health needs and people with learning disabilities.
Our residential care home, The Croft, is a community-based home for Older People in Amersham. We provide care and support to 60 residents, including up to 31 residents with a higher level of specific dementia care needs. This is a welcoming home from home environment offering regular activities and organised events.
The role of our Care Assistant:
- Experience of supporting adults in a care setting or in the community.
- An awareness and understanding of high-quality home care.
- Good communication skills, patience and flexibility.
- An understanding of safeguarding and person-centred support.
- A flexible working pattern and able to do shift work.
- Alternate weekend working pattern.
- Experience is desirable, however, is not essential, as we offer full training for all of our Care Staff.
Skills and attributes of our Care Assistant:
- Experience of supporting adults in a care setting or in the community.
- An awareness and understanding of high-quality home care.
- Good communication skills, patience, and flexibility.
- An understanding of safeguarding and person-centred support.
- A flexible working pattern and able to do shift work.
- Alternate weekend working pattern.
- Experience is desirable, however, is not essential, as we offer full training for all of our Care Staff.
Becoming part of the Ambient family brings benefits too!
- Flexible working, enabling work-life balance.
- National Living Wage paid regardless of age, including under 25s.
- Training and development
- `Refer a Friend' bonus scheme.
- `Season Ticket' loan & `Bike to Work' scheme.
- Paid holiday with minimum of 28 days holiday, including BH (pro-rata for part time staff)
- Membership of Health Service Discounts scheme
- Free access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
Do you want to take your first steps towards a new rewarding career? If the answer is yes, then we'd love to hear from you.
We positively welcome diversity of background, ethnicity, skills, talents, and contributions from everyone.
We are committed to Safeguarding. An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.
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