Senior Health Care Assistant

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? Then look no further..

About you

Ideally, you will have or be working towards an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care. You will have 2 years experience in the care sector and understand person centered care planning and have a strong knowledge of care industry. What’s essential, though, is your brilliant positive energy and natural ability to get along with people and manage a team and have experience with Rota management. 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.

Job Overview

As a Senior Health Care Assistant, you will be planning and 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. As the shift leader, you will be leading a team of Health Care Assistants, you will be responsible for maintaining the highest of standards and you’ll be a positive influence on the rest of the team, and lead by example. As well as administering medication One of your key responsibilities as Senior Health Care Assistant is to maintain accurate records of the job you do and build strong relationships with the rest of your team.

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

• Blue Light Card

  Please note: We do not offer sponsorships

About The Role

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job

• To be in charge of all care staff on each shift

• To administer all Residents medication when required

• 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.

• Ensure residents are assisted with their day to day personal care

• Assisting with meals/drinks to support our residents overall nutrition

• Engaging with residents who wish to take part in social and recreational activities

• Supporting the Home Manager with jobs as necessary

• Completing all relevant paperwork in a timely manner

• Reporting any safeguarding concerns

• Promote independence of our residents at all times to improve their quality of life

• Accompany clients to medical appointments.

• Observe and record clients’ physical and emotional well-being, and promptly report any changes to senior staff.

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 services users and homes change. They may also change to align with future policies.

Experience:

• Senior HCA: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ 2 / 3 Health and Social Care (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location:

In person

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

Required Criteria

• Candidate must hold NVQ 2/3 Health Social Care
• Candidate must have at least 1 year experience as a Senior Health Care Assistant
• Candidate must be eligible work in the United Kingdom

Closing DateFriday 28th June, 2024