At Sanctuary Care, we believe in providing high quality care homes where people are looked after with the utmost dignity and respect. It goes without saying that kindness is what care is all about, so first and foremost, we carefully choose our staff for their kind and compassionate nature. We aim to care, nurture and enrich the lives of all in our ‘family’ at Sanctuary Care, whether that’s our staff, residents or family members.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITY? PERMANENT CONTRACTED HOURS? CAREER PROGRESSION AND FULLY FUNDED TRAINING/DEVELOPMENT?
Click ‘Apply’ Now and start your career with Sanctuary Care. 94% of our employees told us in a recent staff survey that they would recommend Sanctuary Care as a great place to work.
What: Care Assistant Days (FT and PT Hours)
Where: Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home, 28 Village Street, Derby, Derbyshire
How Much: £10.84 per hour (new to care or bags of experience, it is your heart that counts)
Benefits and rewards
We know you work so hard and being the best Care Assistant, you can be needs to be rewarded. We are very proud to offer the following:
- Refer a friend scheme with payment of up to £500 available
- Fully funded training and development opportunities
- 28 days annual leave including bank holidays (pro rata)
- Criminal Records Checks are funded by Sanctuary Care.
- Access to the Blue Light Discount Scheme
- Free Meals on Shift
- Overtime enhancement
- CQC performance bonus
- Occupational sick pay after qualifying period
- Access to a free 24/7 support service providing support including legal, financial, emotional, and medical advice
- Discounts on shopping, holidays, cinema, dining, days out and much more via ‘My Rewards’
Why work for us?
- We currently have just under 100 Care Homes nationwide, and 3 in the local area of Derby so career progression and opportunities are always just round the corner.
- What’s more, we’ve now adopted a flexible working approach to all our roles as many of our people prefer part time contracts. That means you’ll have as much flexibility as you need to fit your role around your other commitments
- Fully Funded Level 2 and 3 Health and Social Care Diplomas
- Team Leader Development Programmes for aspiring Leaders
- Access to Nursing programmes
- The list goes on...your potential is endless with Sanctuary Care
Where you’ll work
Set in a quiet residential area of Normanton, Derby, the home has recently been refurbished to a high standard, the Namaste room is a calming retreat which enhances the mental wellbeing of our seniors, particularly if they have complex needs, Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Our chef serves traditional home-cooked English and Asian food daily, delivering outstanding quality that meets individual dietary requirements. The choice of meals varies daily, with everything from fish and chip Fridays and a Sunday roast with all the trimmings, to home-made curries, daal, chapattis and chutneys. So many faiths and cultures are celebrated as part of daily life at Sherwood Forest, which makes it a very unique family to be part of.
Are you our next Care Assistant? Here’s more about the role:
- First and foremost – we work together as a team to enrich our residents’ lives – let’s support our colleagues too and have fun in the process
- We give the highest quality of personalised care to our residents in line with their individual care plans
- Leisure and social activities are a really important part of the day – let’s get stuck in
- It’s very simple – if we can be the best Care Assistant we can be by being kind and supportive in every way to our residents, their families and our colleagues, then we’re all doing a great job.
We hope you feel you could be our next team member.
Job reference: 210519
Closing date: 19th May 2023
We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early.
Building Equality and Diversity
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
Sanctuary Care Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.