Care Assistant

Job Summary Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members alike. With a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together,' they offer exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered. Main Duties As a Care Assistant, your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. This will involve assisting residents with their personal hygiene care, recognising and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors while respecting their dignity and individuality. You will also be responsible for practising safe systems of work across the range of tasks. About Us Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members alike. With a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together,' they offer exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered. Details Date posted: 24 November 2025 Pay scheme: Other Salary: £13 an hour Contract: Bank Working pattern: Flexible working Reference number: 1431498229 Job location: Avery Healthcare, Eastbourne, BN20 9AN Job Responsibilities Package Description: Shift pattern; 07.00-19.30At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and were here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents lives every day your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you About the Role Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. Other Responsibilities Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times. Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, sign of infections and escalating any identified risks in a timely manner. Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident. Practicing safe systems of work across the range of tasks. About You To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role. Our ideal candidate must: Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents and other people in the home. Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members. Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice. About Avery At Avery, we are not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes but a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike. Please Note A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Person Specification Qualifications Experience is not required as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate must have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents, be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members, and be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Employer Details Employer name: Avery Healthcare Group Ltd. Address: Avery Healthcare, Eastbourne, BN20 9AN #J-18808-Ljbffr