Residential Activity Care Assistant

1 month ago


Preston, United Kingdom Lancashire County Council Full time

Salary £20,258 Per annum | Permanent, Part Time, 20 hours per week | Lady Elsie Finney House | Pro Rata

**Activity Care Assistant**

Older People Care Services Vision ' To be the best quality service, safely supporting older people with kindness, dignity, care, and compassion to live their life their way'

Do you want to make a real and positive difference to the lives of older people? We are looking for people that have the right values, attitude, and behaviours to join our team and we are currently recruiting for an **Activity Care Assistant **to provide person-centred support to our residents. In particular, your role will involve providing a range of individual and group activities for older people.

Contracted Hours: Two week rota - alternative weekends (20 hours per week)

13:00 - 17:00

**Week 1**:Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri

**Week 2**:Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat

Our committed team provides care to more than 1,000 adults across Lancashire. It runs 16 Care Homes and 13 Day Centres where the team provides support for older people, adults living with dementia and their families. We have recently been awarded the national Customer Service Excellence Standard and received special recognition for our hard work.

We offer all the training and support you need to reach your full potential. We will begin by supporting you through your induction. The Care Certificate will form part of your comprehensive induction programme. We will also pay for your training and offer opportunities to progress

Lancashire County Council offer competitive salaries, generous annual leave, and great staff benefits.

If you want to support Older People to live their lives their way, we would like to hear from you.

If you want to know more about the role, please contact **Joe Cooper **on 01772 533125 **for an informal discussion.

Please ensure you complete the experience section to evidence how you meet the criteria for this role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

This position is part time and term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent, the salary received will be paid on a pro - rata basis

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