Care Assistant / Domestic, Parkdale Residential Home

We currently have the following opportunity:

Care Assistant / Domestic - PKC12904
£17,395 - £18,332 (24 Hours per week)
Parkdale Residential Home, Auchterarder

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within Parkdale Care Home, a service for older people providing permanent and respite care.

As a Care Assistant, you will work alongside and support the Social Care Officers to put the residents care and wellbeing at the heart of everything you do.

You will be promoting independence, dignity and quality of life at all times in a person centred caring and supportive environment.

Your duties will also include assisting with daily activities, providing residents with both physical and emotional support and personal care as required.

You will be required to administer medication as part of the role.

Parkdale operates a 24 hour service and the role is flexible with hours subject to change.

You will ideally work between the hours of 7.30am and 8pm. Hours of work can be discussed at interview stage.

Requirements

There are no entry requirements however you will be required to work towards achieving an SVQ level 2 in Social Services & Healthcare / Health and Social Care or equivalent within an agreed timeframe.

You will also be required to register with the SSSC as a Support Worker within prescribed timescales.

We require a caring person with a good sense of humour who can build and maintain a good rapport with the residents and the families of those in your care.

This is an exciting opportunity for those who enjoy going that extra mile and who are friendly and enthusiastic about caring for others.

A genuine interest in the health and wellbeing of vulnerable people is essential.

The successful candidate should have excellent communication skills and appreciate the needs, wishes and aspirations of older people and how best to support them in the care home setting.

Responsibilities

Our values and behaviours influence our work and support us in the delivery of our key priorities. In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our values and behaviours.