Care Assistant

Care Assistants – Day and Night Shifts

Location: Swindon
Contract: Temporary / Agency
Shifts: Days, nights, weekends and bank holidays
Pay: Competitive hourly rate

Austin Dean Recruitment is recruiting compassionate, reliable and experienced Care Assistants on behalf of an established care provider in Swindon. Day and night shifts are available within a residential care setting supporting older people.

You will provide practical, emotional and personal support, helping residents maintain their dignity, independence, existing skills and quality of life.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver person-centred care in accordance with individual care plans.
• Support residents with personal care, mobility and nutritional needs.
• Encourage residents to maintain their independence and daily living skills.
• Provide sensitive emotional support to residents and their families.
• Maintain accurate care records and report any changes or concerns.
• Report safeguarding concerns, accidents and incidents immediately.
• Complete routine safety and building checks.
• Use moving and handling equipment safely, including hoists, slide sheets, transfer boards and turntables.
• Assist with meal service, bed-making and light domestic duties when required.
• Protect residents’ confidentiality, privacy and dignity.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries.
• Work collaboratively with senior staff, colleagues, families and relevant professionals.
• Attend mandatory training, supervision and team meetings.

Essential requirements

• Right to Work in the UK with previous experience supporting older or vulnerable people in a residential, community or similar care setting.
• A caring, patient and respectful approach.
• Ability to maintain accurate records.
• An understanding of safeguarding adults, confidentiality, equality and professional boundaries.
• Awareness of health and safety, infection prevention and moving and handling requirements.
• Mandatory Training, Medicine, First Aid, Manual Handling, Dementia, Food Hygiene, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, Equality & Diversity, Health & Safety, Fire Training and Infection Control.

What Austin Dean Recruitment offers

• Competitive rates of pay.
• Flexible day and night shifts.
• Weekly payroll.
• Support from an experienced recruitment team.
• Opportunities with reputable health and social care providers.

Safeguarding and safer recruitment

Austin Dean Recruitment is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults who may be at risk. We expect every worker supplied by us to share this commitment and to understand their responsibility to identify, record and report safeguarding concerns promptly.

Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of our safer recruitment and pre-employment checking process

DBS and criminal record declaration

This role involves regulated activity with adults and is therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS check, including a check of the relevant barred list where legally permitted and appropriate to the duties.

How to apply

Please submit your current CV through this advertisement. A member of Austin Dean Recruitment will contact suitable applicants to discuss the position, availability and compliance requirements.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. All applications will be considered on merit and in accordance with applicable employment, safeguarding and criminal-record legislation.