Care Assistant

1 day ago

Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom Carebase Full time

Job Reference Ref/62/1105

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Contract Type
Bank

Contract Details
Zero hour contract, Bank shifts, Various shift patterns

Salary
£12.50 per hour

Working Hours
Zero hour contract, Bank shifts, Various shift patterns

Location:
Writlle Road, Chelmsford

Closing Date
28/11/2025

Home
Cherry Wood Grange

Benefits of joining our team

  • £12.50 per hour
  • Zero hours contract - Bank shifts
  • Paid holiday
  • Pension
  • Staff recognition schemes
  • Refer a Friend bonus of up to £1000
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Comprehensive Training and Career Development
  • A friendly and supportive working environment
  • Dedicated mental health champions

Becoming a Superhero

Why join us?

We're proud of our happy home and are dedicated to creating a place where everyone enjoys coming to work each day.

As well being part of a lively and supportive team, we are surrounded by fascinating residents who also bring so much to our lives every day too.

About The Role
As our Care Assistant
(Zero hours contract)
, you'll provide personal care to our residents, supporting them with bathing, eating, visiting the bathroom, and also getting around and enjoying our lovely home. Your warm, supportive, and caring nature will help you build meaningful relationships with our residents and you will get to know everything about their likes and dislikes as well as their needs. Here's some other important things you need to know:

  • You'll follow electronic care plans for each resident and administer medication as prescribed, accurately maintaining appropriate records for both.
  • You must be alert at all times to our residents' physical and mental well being
  • You will help maintain our high standards ensuring our residents' home is always clean and safe

The Ideal Candidate

Exceptional people make an exceptional care home
We're looking for people who have a caring nature and want to work as part of an amazing team, surrounded by kindness and fun For most of the roles in our vibrant care home, you don't need specific qualifications or experience to be successful as full training is provided.

What we do look for are individuals who share our sense of compassion, care about people's comfort and happiness and want to make a positive difference to the lives of our treasured residents and team members.

About Us And Our Home
Caring for Our Mental Health – Together
At Cherry Wood Grange Care Home, we believe a happy, supported team delivers the best care. That's why we've signed the
Mental Health at Work Commitment
– developed by experts with six essential standards that help us to create a home where everyone feels safe, valued, and able to thrive.

From trained Mental Health Champions to our online
Wellbeing & Mindfulness Space
, we make sure our people have the tools, time, and support they need – because your wellbeing matters here and when we take care of our minds, we can take care of each other and our residents even better

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