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

Hours: Days/Nights 44 Hours per week, working weekends on rota (Shift times 07:00-19:00 / 19:00 - 07:00)

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 2,800+ employees and over 40 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 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

Supporting residents at meals time

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, 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 long shifts

Have good written & verbal communication skills

Able to engage well with the residents and their families

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 will benefit from our generous range of benefits which include:

28 days holiday (FTE) (including bank holidays)

Annual pay reviews, pension contributions & enhanced bank holiday rates

Supportive and bespoke Induction Training Programmes, ongoing training and development and nationally recognised qualifications*

Refer a friend or resident bonus scheme*

Pension Contributions & access to the Blue Light Discount Card.

Annual Staff Awards Programme across all our Homes celebrating our great staff

*Subject to Terms and Conditions

Click the Apply Button Now! -If the Care Assistant sounds like a job for you, we would like to hear from you.  

PLEASE NOTE:

All applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK and if successful will need to provide evidence.

We are no longer accepting applications for sponsorship.

You may have experience as

Care Assistant, dementia, Alzheimer’s, older people, senior care assistant, Support staff, Social Care Worker jobs, Community Care Worker, Residential Care Worker, NHS Support Worker