Care Assistant

You help residents wash, dress and move between the bed and the chair, using the hoist and the slide sheet where the care plan says so. Meals are served and, where needed, assisted, and the intake is written in the daily record. You change bed linen, keep the room tidy and report any change in skin, appetite or mood to the nurse on duty before the handover. Shifts are 07:00-19:00 or 19:00-07:00 on a rota.

Care assistant certificate, or readiness to take the paid course

Valid health certificate, the medical check is paid by the employer

Physically able to assist transfers with a hoist and a second person

Patience and a calm manner with elderly residents

Willing to work twelve hour shifts, including nights and weekends

Lithuanian or English at a working level for the care record

Net salary from 949 up to 1085 EUR per month

Open ended contract with social insurance from the first day

Night and weekend supplements paid separately every month

Two meals on every twelve hour shift

Twenty working days of paid annual leave

Paid care assistant course and yearly refresher training

Uniform and non slip shoes issued and laundered by the house

Assistants who complete the paid course and a year on the floor take the senior assistant post, which leads the handover for a floor and carries a higher rate. The house supports study for the nursing diploma.

A heated care home with single and double rooms, ceiling hoists on two floors, a bathing room and a staff room with lockers. Gloves, aprons, a uniform and non slip shoes are mandatory and are supplied and laundered.