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Are you caring, compassionate, and friendly?
Do you want to make a difference to someone’s life, giving them choice, control, dignity and respect?
If so, then we may have the right position for you!
Hazel Garth Care Home
Hazel Garth is a Dementia Care Home based in Knottingley. At Hazel Garth we support vulnerable adults who have a diagnosis of Dementia and provide high levels of care to ensure that our residents have the best quality of life in their later years.
Care Assistant Position
We are recruiting for a 30 hour (3 nights per week) Care Assistant position to work on nights. The position will help you gain invaluable skills to deliver person centred care at every opportunity. The hours of work are 9.30 pm to 7.30 am, on a rota basis, and the position does include weekends and bank holidays with enhanced rates of pay.
If you don’t have the essential qualifications for the position don’t worry!
The successful candidate will be given a comprehensive induction programme, full training to deliver high standards of care, and we will fund the qualification for you on successful completion of the probation period.
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Benefits
With a starting salary of £23,500 (FTE), enhancements for weekend and bank holiday working, plus overtime opportunities and 25 days holiday why wouldn’t you want to choose a career in care?
There are lots of other benefits which make up our overall employee package too, such as:
- A career average pension scheme
- Employee Benefits scheme
- Access to OHU
- A strong commitment to training and development
What Can I Expect?
- A competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy up to 10 extra days of annual leave
- Hybrid working (subject to role suitability)
- Access to high-quality training programs to advance your career to the next level.
- We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We recognise that resilient teams need good work life balance as well as supportive leadership.
- Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and a Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme providing a tax efficient way to increase our pension.
- Great range of benefits including an Employee Assistant Programme, discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, a cycle to work scheme, and many more.
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Contact Information
Want to know more?
If you would like to know more about the role, the recruitment process or working for Wakefield Council, feel free to contact:
Name: Patrycja Walesiak
Tel: 01977722405
E-mail: pwalesiak@wakefield.gov.uk
Company: Wakefield Council
Salary: £21,072.16-£21,407.83
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Sector: Health and Social Care
Sector: Health
Sector: Adult Services
Job Role: Officer
This advert may close early if a sufficient number of applications is received.
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