Care Assistant

Superior Healthcare; Colchester; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking Care Assistants in Colchester to support a young client with complex needs. Candidates must have UK care experience and a passion for engaging with clients. Responsibilities include providing personal care, adhering to care plans, and ensuring respectful communication. The position offers benefits such as training, wellbeing support, and employee rewards.

Benefits

Thorough paid training

Wellbeing support

Employee events

Holiday pay accumulation

Referral vouchers

Qualifications

• 6 months professional UK‑based care experience.
• Experience with complex care, cerebral palsy, and brain injuries.
• Full Right to Work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for the client according to care plans.
• Communicate clearly with aids as necessary.
• Provide personal care with dignity and respect.

Skills

Communication

Advocacy

Complex Care Experience

Imagination and Energy

Job description

We are recruiting a team of Care Assistants to provide care for our young client in Little Bentley, Essex, just outside Colchester. Our client is a 6‑year‑old boy with complex needs stemming from a brain injury and cerebral palsy, who communicates using eye gaze and requires assistance with his PEG tube. He is playful, energetic, loves science experiments, and enjoys swimming. We are looking for someone who can make each day interactive and engaging for him.

Shift availability:

• Weekdays: 15:30 – 21:30.
• Weekends: 08:00 – 20:00.

Responsibilities

• To be an advocate for the client, working in their best interest and in accordance with Superior Healthcare's policies and procedures.
• To confidently and clearly communicate with the client, using aids where necessary.
• To show the client dignity and respect when providing personal care.
• To regularly refer to and follow care plans written by the Nurse Manager to ensure exceptional person‑centred care is provided.
• Clear spoken English.
• Full Right to Work in the UK.
• 6 months professional UK‑based care experience.
• Complex Care experience: Cerebral Palsy and Brain Injuries.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Working knowledge of Play‑Doh recipes essential.
• Sense of adventure, good imagination and a lot of energy.
• Experience with complex care, cerebral palsy and brain injuries.

Benefits

• Blue light card – we'll pay for it.
• Reflecting the hard work that you do.
• Earn a £50 voucher for every friend you refer who joins our team.
• Thorough paid training and supported induction, with annual paid refreshers.
• We help you save for Christmas.
• Wellbeing support including up to 6 face‑to‑face counseling sessions.
• In‑house wellbeing team to support you.
• 24/7 live chat and video calls with trained counselors, and free financial and legal advice.
• We reward Employees of the Month with a £100 voucher.
• Employee events throughout the year, including fish and chips on the beach.
• Consistent support from our team of nurses and field care supervisors.
• In‑house women's health support.
• Accumulate holiday pay as you work.