Care Assistant Waking Night– Crantock

Waking Night Care Assistant

Location: Crantock

£15.46–£15.66 per hour | Expert training | Flexible shift patterns

Bluebird Care – Where you change lives

We’re the best at what we do and it’s all thanks to talented people like you. As the leading Home Care provider, we take pride in our work - and we’re looking for a caring and dedicated Waking Night Care Assistant to join our Support Worker Team and help us set the standard.

Our customers should feel comfortable in their own homes, and we help them do exactly that. You’ll be supporting people in all aspects of daily living, working independently or as part of a team that is supportive every step of the way. This isn’t just a job, this is a chance to bring purpose and dignity to someone’s life.

If you’re ready to take on a new challenge, supporting our customers with the best quality care, then this is where you belong.

Responsibilities

As a Waking Night Care Assistant, your key responsibilities will include:

• Provide high-quality care tailored to each person’s individual needs
• Assist with personal care (e.g. bathing, dressing, grooming)
• Help with meal prepping, preparation and nutrition
• Support with medication, prescriptions and safe disposal
• Carry out light housework like tidying, laundry and general cleaning
• Be a dependable friendly, familiar face for all the customers you care for
• Stay awake and alert throughout the night in our customer’s home
• PEG feeding and suctioning
• Reposition and settle our customer comfortably
• Watch for changes in comfort, breathing and wellbeing, and act on them
• Keep clear, accurate records and hand over anything the wider team needs to know

Benefits

• £15.46 per hour for weekday nights and £15.66 per hour for weekend nights
• 21 hours per week – part-time, permanent, waking nights on a settled rota
• Full induction and ongoing expert training
• Flexible shift patterns
• Uniform and PPE provided
• Regular support and ongoing career development
• Friendly, inclusive team with 24/7 support
• Specialist complex care training, including PEG feeding and suctioning, signed off by our Registered Nurse
• Blue Light Card
• £100 staff referral scheme
• Support Worker of the Month and annual appraisal recognition
• Qualified Mental Health First Aiders, wellbeing support, staff socials and charity events

Requirements

• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
• A kind, compassionate attitude and a calm approach to care
• Great communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships
• Ability to follow care plans
• At least one year of complex care experience is essential
• Confident working through the night and able to stay alert
• Willing to be trained and signed off in PEG feeding and suctioning
• The right to work in the UK (we are unable to offer visa sponsorship)

If you care deeply, Bluebird Care makes sure you have the time you need to do what you do best, the training so you can keep doing it better and the rewards that delivering such high-quality care deserves.

Bluebird Care Mid & West Cornwall is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This is a female-only role. It is a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

DBS checking and references will be undertaken in line with government regulations and recruitment best practices.