# Care Assistant (Nights)

**Company**: Jewish Care
**Location**: Ilford
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £14.80 an hour
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

As a Care Assistant (Nights) at Jewish Care, you will play an important role in ensuring residents feel safe, comfortable, respected and supported throughout the night.

You will provide person-centred care to older people, helping with personal care and daily routines while offering companionship and emotional reassurance.

You will promote residents' dignity, independence, choice and wellbeing, recognising each person's individual needs, preferences and circumstances.

Working closely with colleagues, you will contribute to a welcoming and supportive care environment where residents feel valued and receive high-quality care.

Your kindness, attentiveness and commitment will help make a meaningful difference to residents' lives, providing reassurance and continuity of care during the night.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Supporting residents with personal care and daily routines

- Providing companionship and emotional support

- Encouraging independence, choice, and dignity

- Assisting with meals, activities, and wellbeing

- Working as part of a supportive team to deliver outstanding care

- Building positive relationships with residents, families, and colleagues

**Requirements:**

- Kind, patient, and compassionate

- A great listener with a positive attitude

- Reliable and a strong team player

- Comfortable supporting people with a range of needs

- Willing to learn and develop

**Benefits:**

- Full training and ongoing support

- Opportunities to develop your career in care

- A welcoming, supportive team environment

- The chance to make a genuine difference every day

**Working Pattern:**

- Two-week rolling rota: Week 1: 4 night shifts, Week 2: 3 night shifts

- 12-hour shifts (8pm-8am), including some weekends

- Average of 42 hours per week

## Skills

### Required
- person-centred care
- communication skills
- emotional support
- teamwork

### Nice to have
- previous care experience

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