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Care Assistant - Days

£13.51 per hour

Care Assistant - Days

Oakwood Grange, Barnsley

Hours: 42 Per Week

Shift Pattern

Week 1 - Monday, Tuesday, Saturday & Sunday

Week 2 - Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

Join Our Award-Winning Care Team at Oakwood Grange

At Anchor, we’re proud to provide exceptional care for older people and we’re looking for compassionate individuals to join our dedicated night team at Oakwood Grange in Barnsley.

Oakwood Grange is a beautifully designed residential care home offering first-class facilities and en-suite accommodation for up to 60 residents in a warm, welcoming environment. Rated Good by the CQC and scoring 9.7/10 on carehome.co.uk, we are passionate about creating a home where residents can live meaningful, fulfilled lives with dignity, comfort, and companionship.

About the Role

As a Care Assistant, you’ll provide high-quality, person-centred care and support to residents. Your role will include:

  • Supporting residents with personal care in a dignified and respectful way
  • Providing reassurance, comfort, and companionship
  • Assisting with routines and wellbeing checks
  • Supporting residents with nutrition and hydration needs
  • Building meaningful relationships with residents and their families
  • Helping create a calm, safe, and caring environment

No two days are the same, every resident has their own personality, story, and care needs, making this a truly rewarding role.

Why Join Anchor?

  • Accredited Living Wage Foundation Employer
  • Access to online GP appointments
  • Buy & Sell Holiday Scheme
  • Discounts on gyms, wellbeing services, holidays, shopping, phones & technology
  • Eligible for a Blue Light Card
  • Fully funded Level 2 qualification and further development opportunities
  • £250 Refer-a-Friend bonus
  • Salary Advance scheme, free life assurance & financial wellbeing support
  • Excellent career progression opportunities
  • Up to 18% pension contribution

Important Information

Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, this role does not currently meet the criteria for Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship.

If you’re passionate about making a genuine difference in people’s lives and want to be part of a supportive, caring team, we’d love to hear from you.

Oakwood Grange in Barnsley is home to well trained and helpful staff with rooms for up to 60 residents. At Anchor, we pride ourselves in providing 24-hour care and specialised services for elderly people, the beauty of our grounds, the quality of our catering and our engaging activities we deliver.

  • A part of the local community, With good relationships with relatives and health care professionals
  • Dementia themed area’s
  • Good home cooked food, with staff that put residents first with a homemade birthday cakes for every resident

Anchor – a great place to work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

  • Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
  • Mental health support
  • Flexible working options

Finance

  • Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
  • Quick and easy pension transfer service
  • Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
  • Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

  • Ongoing personal and professional development programme
  • Leadership Pathways online learning resources
  • Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated rewards website

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant and HouseProud Pledge schemes.

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