Job Purpose:
As a Care Assistant, you'll bring compassion, energy, and fun to our residents. Your role includes providing dignified personal care, assisting during mealtimes, and provide sensitive and appropriate support with various aspects of people's lives. Beyond physical care, you'll also be a comforting and attentive listener.

Each day as a Care Assistant promises to be diverse. Our residents are unique, each with distinct care needs, personalities, and life stories. Your contributions will be not just inspiring but immensely enjoyable as you build strong relationships based on understanding, trust, and genuine care.

Why join Anchor as a Care Assistant?

• Accredited Living Wage Foundation Employer
• Access to online GP appointments
• Buy & Sell Holiday Scheme
• Discounts on gym, fitness, and wellbeing services
• Exclusive discounts on major brand shopping, holidays, phones, technology, and more
• Eligibility for a Blue Light card
• Access to training for your Level 2 qualification and beyond
• £250 through our refer-a-friend scheme
• Savings advice, free life assurance, Salary Advance scheme, and many more benefits
• Opportunities for career progression and promotion (from Care Assistant to Leadership Roles)
• Up to 18% contribution pension

Benefits: To see our full range of benefits, visit our dedicated being well website at https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/

Right to work: All applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK to apply for this role. This role does not currently meet the criteria for Anchor to offer a Skilled Worker Visa.

About Bethune Court:
Bethune Court in St Leonards on Sea is home to well trained and helpful staff with rooms for up to 45 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.

• Dementia friendly environment for our customers
• A care home that puts the customer at the heart of all decisions made
• Great staff team with good rates of pay, excellent training opportunities and benefits

About Anchor:
Anchor is England's largest not-for-profit provider 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.

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

Equal opportunities:
Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do. Anchor is a member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant and HouseProud Pledge schemes.