Somerset House Nursing Home

Location: York

Permanent

Night Care Assistant - Full time

£10.50 per hour

Night Care Assistant  - Somerset House Nursing Home in the beautiful village of Wheldrake, York. Part of The Country Court Family

Hours: Nights 33 hours per week available, working weekends on rota (Shift Time 1900-0700)

Somerset House Care Home offers family-led nursing and residential care in the beautiful Yorkshire village of Wheldrake near York. Dipin our Home Manager & the friendly and compassionate care team are dedicated to our residents, providing personal, dignified care that ensures our home is exactly that – a home.

JOINING THE COUNTRY COURT CARE FAMILY

We’re proud to be a family run business that’s grown over the years to a family of 2,300+ employees and over 35 care homes. We’re passionate about providing 5* care to our residents. From bistros to pubs and cinema rooms to spas – we’ve created extraordinary care homes so we’re looking for extraordinary people to join our team!

ABOUT THE CARE ASSISTANT (NIGHTS) ROLE

Within the Care Assistant role, you can really make a difference to our residents’ lives. Your responsibilities will include:

• Helping our residents with personal support and care
• Aiding their emotional well-being and social needs
• Serving meals/drinks and assisted feeding
• Interacting with our residents on a personal level
• Maintaining and developing the residents care plan to ensure their needs are met

ABOUT YOU

Our fantastic staff are at the heart of our homes & provide vital day-to-day support to our residents. Having those care values is vital to share a happy home, so we would love to hear from those who really do want to make a difference to people’s lives.

• Be no stranger to working night shifts
• Able to engage well with the residents and their families
• Have good written & verbal communication skills
• Have an understanding of people with Dementia.
• Experience as a Care Assistant is preferred but not essential
• Have an NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social care or be willing to work towards this.

IN RETURN

You’ll be joining a family business and you will also benefit from our generous range of benefits which include:

• A rewarding job with exciting opportunities for career progression
• Enhanced Bank Holiday rates at Christmas and New Year at Double time, all other bank holiday paid at Time and a Half
• Supportive and bespoke Induction Training Programmes, ongoing training and development and nationally recognised qualifications*
• Refer a friend or resident bonus scheme*
• Pension Contributions & a range of excellent discounts for shops, restaurants, days out & more.
• Free Uniform 
• Annual Staff Awards Programme across all our Homes celebrating our great staff

*Subject to Terms and Conditions

Due to the nature of the Care Assistant role, you will need to pay £22.00 towards the cost of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, prior to starting with us.

For more information or an informal chat please call or text Katie on 07815 644896. Alternatively, you can email makecarematter@northyorks.gov.uk for more information. Or apply today online or by sending your CV to makecarematter@northyorks.gov.uk.