Care Assistant

**Join Our Team**
- **Location**:Worthing, West Sussex
- **Salary**:£12.60 - £13.20 per hour
- **Shift patterns**: Monday - Sunday 20:00 - 08:00
- **Female Carer required - 24hrs weekly**

**Please be advised that we cannot offer sponsorship.**

If you are passionate about supporting people living with dementia and thrive working nights then this is the job for you. We are searching for a dedicated care assistant to join our Linfield House team.

Guild Care is Worthing’s most established Social Care charity and one of the largest employers in the area.

**Our Benefits at Guild Care**:

- Comprehensive mandatory training conducted by our dedicated in-house training team/external providers and fully paid induction.
- A fantastic employee assistance programme.
- The opportunity to enrol into a cash plan to support a variety of health appointments.
- 25% discount across all Guild Care retail stores.
- A generous annual leave entitlement.
- You will receive an additional “well being day” on top of your annual leave
- Development is important for us, you will receive fantastic support for learning and development.

**Essential Qualities**:

- A compassionate and caring approach to providing emotional support.
- Good communication skills with the ability to actively listen to clients and their families.
- Ability to assist with mobility and physical activities, including lifting or supporting clients.
- Quick thinking and problem-solving skills for unexpected challenges.
- Accurate and timely recording of information and care provided.
- Understanding and adherence to health and safety protocols.
- Collaboration with healthcare professionals, family members, and community services.
- Good time management to efficiently fulfil all care responsibilities.
- Team player with a caring and respectful nature.
- Awareness and respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and beliefs.
- Satisfactory DBS Check.

**Desirable Qualifications**:

- Commitment to ongoing training and development.
- Experience working with older people, dementia care, and manual handling.
- Evidence of Care Certificate or NVQ qualifications.

**Our Vision - **All people in need of care live fulfilling, safe and secure lives.

**Our Mission -** We will achieve our vision by ensuring our support and services are accessible, effective, and lovingly delivered.

We work with Older People and People Living with Dementia.

We believe that all people in need of care should live safe, fulfilling and secure lives and work predominantly to reduce social isolation and social stigma.

**We pride ourselves on being a values led, culture driven organisation.**

Our values **(BELIEF)**

**Brave** - Courageous, passionate, empowered

**Engaging** - Straightforward, authentic, present

**Loving **- Genuine, caring, interested

**Integrity **- Respectful, accountable, trustworthy

**Everyone Matters **- Considerate, attentive, appreciative

**Free to be me **- Playing to strengths, supporting each other, being vulnerable

**Why Guild Care?**
- We offer a competitive salary, work-life balance, and the opportunity to progress your career to the next level.
- Training will be given, and support is readily available.
- Fantastic support for learning and development.

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £12.60-£13.20 per hour

Expected hours: 24 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Worthing, BN12 6FE: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you require sponsorship?
- Do you have care home experience?

Work Location: In person