Care assistant cover letter with no experience
With no paid care job, a care assistant cover letter shows the care you have given (a relative, volunteering), one time you noticed a change and acted, and that you will turn up for every shift. This one is from a kitchen and front-of-house worker moving into care.
Fictional letter from Tom Brennan, the applicant in the care assistant cv with no experience. Every person and employer in it is invented.
Why each paragraph is there
I am applying for the Care Assistant post at Hartley Brook House, advertised on your website. I have not worked in care yet, but for two years I have helped look after my grandmother at home, and I volunteer each week at a care home activity afternoon.
The post, said plainly that this is your first care job, and the care you have given.
At home I help my grandmother wash and dress, make meals she can manage and remind her to take her medication. One week she was eating less and seemed more confused, so I rang her GP surgery that morning; she was seen the same day and treated for an infection.
Personal care in your own words, and the one thing every care manager looks for: you noticed a change and told someone.
In the kitchen at The Anchor Kitchen I check every order against the allergen chart before it leaves, and I have not missed a shift in the last 12 months, including earlies, lates and weekends. Your advert says new staff complete the Care Certificate with a named mentor, and that is how I want to learn.
A current job that proves care with detail and reliability, then a reason for this home.
I can work days, evenings and weekends, and I hold Emergency First Aid at Work and a full UK driving licence. I am happy to apply for an enhanced DBS check. My CV is attached, and I would be glad to come in for a trial shift. Thank you for considering my application.
Shifts, training, the check every care employer makes, and a next step.