Care Assistant

14 hours ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom Sanctuary Care Full time

**Care Assistant**

**Orchard House Residential Care Home, 191 High Street, Sawston, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3HJ**

**£12.00 per hour (new to care or bags of experience, it’s your heart that counts)**

**Full-time and part-time available**

**Benefits and rewards**

We know you work so hard and being the best Care Assistant you can be needs to be rewarded. We are very proud to offer the following:

- 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Life assurance
- CQC performance bonus
- Overtime enhancement
- Occupational sick pay after qualifying period
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Refer a friend scheme with payment of up to £500 available
- Contributory pension from Sanctuary Care
- Access to a free 24/7 support service providing support including legal, financial, emotional and medical advice
- Exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, recognition and much more via “Sanctuary e-hub”
- Criminal Records Checks are funded by Sanctuary Care.

**Why work for us?**

We spend so much time at work don’t we, so our ethos at Sanctuary Care is to enrich the lives of both our residents and staff. Let’s have some fun while we’re at work, support each other and work hard as a team.

**94% of our employees told us in a recent staff survey that they would recommend Sanctuary Care as a great place to work.**

There’s loads of training and promotion opportunities available for those who want to pursue it and every day job satisfaction at Orchard House all regardless of role.

**Are you our next Care Assistant? Here’s more about the role**:

- First and foremost - we work together as a team to enrich our residents’ lives - let’s support our colleagues too and have fun in the process
- We give the highest quality of personalised care to our residents in line with their individual care plans
- Leisure and social activities are a really important part of the day - let’s get stuck in
- It’s very simple - if we can be the best Care Assistant we can be by being kind and supportive in every way to our residents, their families and our colleagues, then we’re all doing a great job.

**What skills do I need?**
- Team work A happy team, makes for happy residents and a happy home
- Experience is not essential, as we will support you with all the training and support you’ll need to do the job, what is important is that you are caring, enthusiastic and have energy to share
- Being able to communicate well is essential along with a flexible approach
- You’ll also be kind and have a real genuine like for older people and their needs, ensuring we treat everyone with the respect and dignity they deserve.

We hope you feel you could be our next team member.

**Building Equality and Diversity**

We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
Sanctuary Care Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.

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

**Salary**: £12.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 22 per week

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

**Experience**:

- Care home: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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