Health Care Assistant

Springcare Ltd; Basingstoke and Deane; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking compassionate carers to join their team. This role involves assisting residents with daily activities such as dressing, feeding, and personal care. Carers will also engage with residents' interests and support their overall wellbeing. Flexible shift patterns are available, and the position offers various benefits, including access to training and a pension scheme, making it an ideal opportunity for those looking to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Permanent full and part time contracts

Early pay using Wage Stream App

Access to Blue Light Card

Fully funded training for recognized qualifications

Refer a friend scheme

Access to counselling and wellbeing support

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Compassionate and understanding individuals keen to help others.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure and remain calm.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with washing, dressing, and mealtimes.
• Engage with residents and understand their interests.
• Maintain cleanliness in residents' private and communal areas.
• Support residents' physical and mental wellbeing through activities.

Skills

compassion

sensitivity

understanding

people skills

communication skills

patience

attention to detail

basic computer skills

Job description

We are recruiting and have an opportunity for carers to join our team at Weston House, where every day you can make a difference to someone's life.

Here at Springcare, we believe that good carers have many great qualities that make them excellent at their job.

Qualities of a Care Assistant

• compassion, sensitivity and understanding
• a desire to help people
• people skills and excellent communication skills
• patience and the ability to keep calm and work well under pressure
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail
• to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

Not only do our care team provide nursing care to our residents, they also help to make our residents lives fulfilled, treat each resident with dignity & respect, and care for them all as if they were their own family.

About the role

Some of the daily tasks that a carer at Springcare would carry out include:

• helping with washing and dressing
• Assisting with feeding and mealtimes
• finding out and knowing residents interests and needs.
• general housekeeping such as tidying residents' private bedrooms and communal areas
• supporting each resident’s physical and mental wellbeing through activities.

Our care team provide 24-hour care, where day care shifts are worked from 8am until 8pm, and night-time shifts are from 8pm until 8am.

Typical Shift patterns for Day or Night Contracts

Day Shift Contracts

• 8am until 8pm
• 8am until 2pm
• 2pm until 8pm

Night Shift Contracts

• 8pm until 8am

What Springcare can offer to you

• Permanent full and part time day or night contracts – with access to our work placed pension scheme
• Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay
• Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
• Fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications (level 2 through to 5) with internal career progression opportunities
• Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support
• Family friendly policies
• Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal

If you are interested in becoming a carer with Springcare, have the qualities that we believe make our carers fantastic, we would love to hear from you and be part of your journey in care.

Requirements

• two written references
• a standard/enhanced DBS (depending on role)
• evidence of a right to work in the UK check

Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all of our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care.