Night Care Assistant

Hourly rate: £12.83 per hour plus enhanced overtime rates (+£2 p/hr extra!)
Location: Derwent
Shift: Nights (33 hours)
Contract: Permanent
Company: Mariposa Care Group
Postcode: NE17 7PL
Experience Required: No
Required Qualifications: Training offered

Plus, enjoy lots of other great employee benefits when you join the Mariposa Care family...see below for more details.

Come and join our amazing team! As a Night Care Practitioner at Derwent you'll have passion and dedication when it comes to caring for others. Whether you're experienced or you're taking your first steps into a care role, we'll support you all the way. We can offer all the training you need to enjoy a fantastic career with us.

Other great benefits include:

• Competitive pay rates and enhanced overtime (+£2 p/h extra!) and bank holiday pay
• Recognition of service payments, receiving a total of £500 in your first year
• UNLIMITED £1,000 'Refer a Friend' payments (that's potentially £1,000 every time you link us up with another great new person to join the team!)
• Training and qualifications funded by us
• Annual pay reviews recognising your contribution to making our homes a great place to live and work
• Private health care options helping reduce the cost of essential bills, such as dental and optical treatment
• An organisation with an impressive internal promotion record and creating great opportunities for people

About the role

You will support all the individuals we care for to live happy, healthy, and quality lives through the delivery of exceptional standards and personalised care. No two shifts will be the same and you will be involved with various aspects of the home to ensure that in every single way our residents receive the highest quality of care possible.

Here's some more information about what you'll be doing:

• Providing personal care and support to residents, taking time to ensure that people retain their dignity, respect and privacy.
• Helping with day-to-day activities, always with a smile.
• Building meaningful relationships and making our home feel like home for our residents.
• Ensuring all care is documented and agreed procedures and processes are followed at all times.

Any conditional offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory background checks, including obtaining suitable references and criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. We require you to have a good standard of English and numeracy skills, and a passion for looking after the adults in your care.

We endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process.

We are committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.

Job titles can vary - this role is also known as carer, healthcare assistant, care worker, care practitioner, support worker, care home carer, care assistant, social care.