Care Assistant
Job Type: Permanent
Job Category: Care
Shift Type: Days
Shift Structure: 22 to 44 hours per week
Closing Date: 28 November 2025
Pay: £12.76
Extraordinary People, Exceptional Care
Care Assistant
Location: Langfield Care Home-Wood Street, Langley, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 5QH
Salary: 12.76 – £13.03 per hour
Schedule/Hours: Full & Part-time available – Day time shifts
Are you looking for a career where you can truly make a difference every single day? At Orchard Care Homes, we believe in empowering extraordinary people to deliver exceptional care. If you’re compassionate, enthusiastic, and ready to grow in a supportive and rewarding environment, this is the opportunity for you.
As a Care Assistant at Langfield, you’ll be a vital part of our dedicated care team. You’ll support residents with their daily needs, always treating them with dignity, respect, and kindness. Your responsibilities will include:
What You’ll Be Doing
- Delivering personal care such as washing, dressing, toileting, and oral hygiene
- Supporting residents in meaningful activities, leisure outings, and appointments
- Serving meals and refreshments with warmth and courtesy
- Maintaining a clean, pleasant, and welcoming environment
- Observing and reporting changes in residents’ physical or emotional wellbeing
- Acting as a key worker for a group of residents, ensuring care is tailored to their individual preferences
- Supporting new team members and contributing to a positive team culture
- Warm, empathetic, and genuinely passionate about care
- Committed to person-centred support
- Excellent communicators and team players
- Willing to learn and grow professionally
- Respectful of privacy, dignity, and independence
Everything You’ll Love
- Career development from day one, with clear progression pathways
- Hundreds of colleague discounts every month across shopping, holidays, dining, tech, and more
- Excellent employee recognition schemes such as ‘Making a Difference” award and Long Service Awards
- Free emotional, practical, and financial support that’s fully confidential, through an Employee Assistance Programme helpline and wellbeing app that’s available 24/7, all year round
- Company-supported pension scheme to invest in your future
- Fully funded DBS check
Located in Langley, a residential area between Rochdale and Manchester City Centre, Langfield care home provides residential care for those living with varying needs.
Orchard Care Homes has a network of 23 care homes and has been providing care for older people for over 15 years. We are committed to being at the heart of the local community and delivering the same level of care that we would all wish for our loved ones.
We believe in investing in our people. Your professional development will be actively encouraged, with plenty of training and progression opportunities across our portfolio of homes.
If you’re ready to bring your compassion, energy, and dedication to a role that truly makes a difference, apply today and help us provide the kind of care every person deserves.