CARE ASSISTANT – 35 HOURS PER WEEK

Elizabeth Finn is a leading care provider providing exceptional care throughout our nine prestigious care homes. We value the wonderful contribution all of staff make to our business and our ethos is to place people at heart of everything we do and our residents. We are owned by the charity Turn2Us who are a leading poverty charity

Merlewood Home, CQC rated overall good, seeks to recruit to the following role:

Care Assistant – 35 hours per week

£11.70 to £12.34 per hour (dependent on whether qualified or unqualified) plus excellent benefits (including training and career development opportunities, staff welfare and support and heritage working environment)

Elizabeth Finn Homes are not able to provide sponsorship for applicants who currently do not have the right to work in the UK

These are exciting times at Merlewood Home with growths in the number of residents we support, we are looking to expand our team and have a vacancy for a Care Assistant, based at our superb heritage site, set in beautiful grounds within Virginia Water, Surrey

Here at Merlewood, we pride ourselves on giving our residents an excellent standard of person-centred care and to ensure this happens, we seek candidates who recognise that delivering excellent care is a vocation, not simply a job. To attract such high quality Carers we offer good shift patterns that allow flexibility wherever possible and excellent training and support, where you can obtain NVQ level 2 and 3 qualifications, all while being supported by a strong and committed senior team

For those that wish to progress their careers, we encourage on the job development and career opportunities along the way, to ensure we retain and nurture talented individuals

This is a great opportunity to join a large, diverse team who are proud of the difference we make to our residents

Benefits include:

Refer a colleague and we will pay you a £500 cash bonus every time (terms apply)

Full paid induction programme

Employee assistance programme with free counselling

Occupational Sick pay upon commencement

DBS paid for

Long service awards

Cycle to work scheme

Apprenticeships

Professional development and study support

Accommodation in some Homes

Flexible shifts

Development and continuous learning opportunities

5.6 working weeks holiday per annum

Paid breaks

Free uniform

Pension scheme

Free on-site parking

Subsidised meals while on duty