Health Care Assistant

3 weeks ago

Blackburn, United Kingdom We Care Group Full time
Job Description

We Care Group

We Care Group are a family owned company. Founded on the tradition of healthcare excellence, we bring a combination of the highest quality health care services and experienced, compassionate and dedicated staff to all of our nursing and care homes

We offer a warm, supportive and uplifting environment, where our residents are able to maintain their own individuality and feel at home. We take pride in being both small enough to care and large enough to be able to care. After all, we believe in ‘caring for our loved ones, like they cared for us’

Are you looking for a fresh challenge? Wanting to take the next step in your healthcare career?

Job Overview

As a Health Care Assistant, you will be implementing the kind of care that will give our residents a real sense of security, dignity and independence. You will get to know our residents and their families – helping to ensure we deliver truly personalised care. You will be part of a team of Health Care Assistants, you will be responsible for maintaining the highest of standards and you will be a positive influence on the rest of the team.

About you

You will have or be working towards an NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care and ideally 1 years experience in the care sector. What’s essential, though, is your brilliant positive energy and natural ability to get along with people as well as a kind and caring attitude. You will know what good record keeping looks like and be able to manage your time effectively. Whenever you communicate with a resident or co-worker, you’ll be truly considerate and kind. Well, after all, it’s just in your nature.

Benefits

  • DBS costs are covered and uniforms provided by Employer

  • Employer Contributory Pension of 3%

  • Employee Assistance Programme

  • Company Events (such as Care Awards)

  • Buddy System (£200)

  • Employee of the Month (£100)

  • Employee Competitions with Love2Shop Vouchers

  • Option to join the Blue Light Card Scheme

  • Free Tea/Coffee and Soup/Sandwiches

  • Free On-Site Parking

    Job Requirements

  • NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.

  • 1 years of previous experience in a similar role is desirable.

  • Must possess a positive attitude and be passionate about working with vulnerable adults

About The Role

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job

  • To ensure Residents retain their dignity and individuality at all times.

  • To assist in the general day-to-day activities within the Home.

  • To maintain a safe and secure environment for Residents, staff members and visitors.

  • To provide personal care e.g. washing, feeding

  • Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by the management

    Our Value-Based Personal Qualities

    Working Together

    • Involve our residents, family, external agencies & colleagues.

    • Speak up when things go wrong.

    Respect and Dignity

    • Understand person-centred care and can demonstrate treating people as individuals and respecting choices.

    • Promoting independence and encouraging appropriate risk-taking.

    Everybody Counts

    • Ensuring no one is discriminated against or excluded.

    • Understand human rights and their impact on care delivery.

    • Facilitating people to speak up about concerns and acting upon them.

    Commitment to Quality of Care

    • Striving for quality in everything we do recognise and understanding what quality in care means for people within our homes.

    • Being accepting of criticism and focusing on improvement.

    • Being open to new opportunities for learning and identifying the limits of skills and knowledge.

    Compassion

    • Treating people with kindness.

    • Understanding the importance of empathy in all areas of employment.

    • Understanding the values of others and always providing a caring service.

    Improving Lives

    • Focus on how things could be done better and sharing ideas.

    • Understanding of wellbeing and what is important to our residents.

    • Improving outcomes for people.

    • Ensuring appropriate services are provided for our residents.

    Please note that the duties and requirements in this job description may change as the needs of our service users and homes change. They may also change to align with future policies.

Skills Needed

About The Company

We treat all of our residents as individuals. We care about their unique needs as well as their likes and dislikes, hobbies and past times. We make sure every one of our residents is provided with a completely personalised care plan; giving them dignity, choice and independence in a home from home environment.

Our reputation is built on more than 15 years of experience in care and we work hard to make sure that all of our homes provide a safe, homely and happy setting for residents – we want our homes to be their homes. This also means that all of our 30 homes are completely unique, designed to meet the individual needs of our residents and make the most of the home environment and its surroundings.

Each home has a dedicated team delivering round-the-clock care to meet the varying and often complex needs of our residents. We continually invest in our homes and this, as well as our rigorous quality and safety standards, enables us to ensure our homes meet our exceptionally high standards and deliver the best support and care to residents.

Company Culture

As a family run business, we treat our people like they deserve to be treated; with dignity, compassion and respect. The principles of equality and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we are committed to creating a workplace community where everyone is treated fairly and which is representative of the people that we support.

We work hard to create a caring and welcoming environment for our residents based on our core values of privacy, independence, dignity and choice. We do the same for our people; nurturing their talents and celebrating their uniqueness to create a diverse, inclusive workplace where there are opportunities for everyone to grow and thrive.

We want our people to be themselves; bringing their best self to work so that they can provide the best care. That’s why we have a dedicated training course in equality and inclusion for our teams and operate a fair and open recruitment process. We also offer competitive rates of pay, flexible working hours, free uniforms and a range of benefits.

And we want you to be part of our future, helping us to grow as a family and put our residents and team members at the heart of everything we do.

Desired Criteria

  • NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
  • 1 years of previous experience in a similar role

Required Criteria

  • Right to Work in the UK
  • Must possess a positive attitude and be passionate about working with vulnerable adults

Closing DateMonday 1st July, 2024

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