Health Care Assistant

**Health Care Assistant**
We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Care team is friendly and we love what we do. We are passionate about the high-quality support we provide. We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to peoples’ lives, each and every day.

**Join our Care team as a Health Care Assistant**

Baycroft, Fairfield Park, is a beautifully designed 75-bed care home with a relaxed and calm atmosphere. Focusing on their residents happiness, the staff are extremely caring and skilled to ensure the best possible care is provided.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

**The role**
We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of a Care Assistant in Fairfield Park, Hitchin. Your responsibilities will include:

- Assisting our residents with their daily personal care needs whilst promoting their dignity and individuality.
- Working as part of a strong, talented team.
- Helping our residents with their hygiene, mobility and physical comfort.
- Reporting to our dedicated nursing team regarding any illness, accident or event incurred by our residents, colleagues or visitors.
- Undertaking observations of our residents and documenting this as necessary in their care plans.
- Having a positive and friendly disposition.
- Offering ongoing comfort to our residents who may be ill or requiring care at the end of their life, whilst making sure that their religious or cultural needs are fulfilled.

**Salary**: £9.90 per hour including £1.10 per hour market supplement

Working hours: Part-time Roles (Day or Night shifts)

36 hours over 7 day rota
- day/night shifts available 08:00-20:00/20:00-08:00

(Required to work every other weekend - 2 week rolling rota)

**What you will need to succeed**
- Share in our values with a genuine interest in caring for vulnerable residents.
- Have a personal or professional experience in caring for others.
- Be eager and willing to undertake further training.
- Have an NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social care (desirable).

**The offer**
- **Salary**: £9.90 per hour including £1.10 per hour market supplement
- **Your holidays are important to us**. Annual leave entitlement equivalent to 29 days, inclusive of bank holidays.
- **Lean travel.** Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
- **Get paid to do good.** We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
- **Well done** With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
- **Learning never stops.** One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
- **We’re here for you**. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
- **Stay book-smart.** Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
- **Experience new things.** We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.

**About us**
As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and our workforce reflects that. As of December 2021, One Housing merged with the Riverside Group, creating one of the country's largest housing associations, with more than 75,000 homes. This follows a shared recognition that we are better and stronger together; and that when we combine, we will be able to do more for our customers and the communities we serve.

At One Housing, our people are our strength which is why we work very hard to enable all employees to bring their authentic self to work. This commitment is reflected in our diversity groups support network, our wellbeing initiatives and our employee benefits.

We understand that the different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

Job Reference: OH00087