Care Assistant - Andover

Care Assistant - Andover, SP11 6JS, United Kingdom

Were looking for compassionate and dedicated Care Assistants to join our team at Enham Care Homes. In this role, youll work closely with residents and colleagues to ensure the highest standard of person-centred care, in line with the Skills for Care Code of Conduct for Adult Social Care Workers in England.

As a Care Assistant, youll support residents to have choice, control, and participation in their daily lives, while living out the values of Enham Trust and the Aster Group. This is a rewarding opportunity where you can make a real and positive difference in peoples lives every day.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to complete your Care Certificate (if you dont already have one).
• Ongoing learning, development, and career progression support.
• Work in a supportive, values-driven environment where your contribution matters.
• Flexible working patterns to suit your lifestyle on casual contracts.

Working Patterns
Our shifts operate between7:00am and 9:30pm, Monday to Sunday, across five days of the week. Shifts are structured as follows:

• Morning shift:7:00am 2:30pm

• Afternoon shift:2:00pm 9:30pm

• Night shift:8:00pm 8:00am, or 9:00pm 7:00am (3 nights per week)

We can offer flexibility to accommodate longer 12-hour shifts over fewer days, if preferred.

We are also open to discussing part-time Care Assistant positions in line with the above shift patterns, as well asCasual Contractswith flexible hours to cover shifts.

What Were Looking For

• A caring, empathetic, and patient approach.
• Commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred care.
• Flexibility to work across agreed shift patterns.
• Team players with a genuine passion for helping others.

About us

We are Enham! Together we have been making a difference to the lives of disabled people for over 100 years and we are looking forward to continuing this for the next 100 years! Together we explore opportunities with people so they can live the lives they choose by overcoming limitations and expanding possibilities. Through first class care, personal development, housing options, and employment, we support people to exercise individual choice and control in their lives.

We live by our values,TOGETHERwe do amazing, weWOWpeople every day and we dare to beDIFFERENT!

About you

You will need:

• Good communication skills
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills
• To be compassionate and patient
• Ideally some experience in a caring industry, for example hospitality or schools
• To pass our DBS check or be on the DBS update service

Even better if you have previous experience of a care environment, having a knowledge of disabilities, issues relating to physical access and adaption will be advantageous in addition to having a commitment to and understanding of equal opportunities.

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

• A focus on colleague wellbeing workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives.

We cannot wait to hear from you! Apply as soon as possible with your most updated CV.

All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & its subsidiary brands.

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