Health Care Assistant

Friends of the Elderly; Colchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in the UK seeks a compassionate Health Care Assistant to join a supportive team in Colchester. This role involves assisting elderly residents with personal care and daily activities, ensuring their comfort and well-being. In return, the successful candidate will enjoy numerous benefits, including paid breaks, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Paid breaks

Learning and development opportunities

Wellbeing support

Retail discount schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Free parking

Long service awards

Free DBS checks

Qualifications

• At least 6 months experience in a care home environment.
• Passion for care and building relationships with residents.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal care, companionship, and mobility.
• Keep care records up to date and prepare meals.

Skills

Empathy

Respectfulness

Self-motivation

Flexibility

Team player

Education

The Care Certificate or Level 2 NVQ in Health and Social Care

Job description

Full Time – up to 36 hours per week – day shifts

Days plus some weekends and bank holidays

You must hold either The Care Certificate or a minimum of Level 2 NVQ in Health and Social Care.

Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 120 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.

Set in the picturesque Essex village of Copford, near Colchester, New Copford Place is a purpose-built residential care home, staffed by a committed and enthusiastic team.

Joining us as a Health Care Assistant, you will help our residents with various tasks including:

• Personal care.

• Companionship.

• Meal preparation.

• Mobility.

• Keeping care records up to date.

We would like our Health Care Assistant to join us with at least 6 months experience in a care home environment. Empathetic and respectful, self-motivated and flexible, you will be a team player who is always willing to go the extra mile, enabling our residents to lead fulfilled lives.

We would like you to have a real passion for care. Someone who sees this as an opportunity to build solid relationships with our residents, to allow them to live well in later life by putting them at the heart of all that you do.

This isn’t just a job; it’s about making a difference to older people’s lives every day.

In return for your hard work and dedication, you can look forward to a wealth of benefits:

• Learning, development, and progression.

• Paid breaks.

• Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.

• Wellbeing support through various initiatives including an employee assistance programme.

• Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.

• Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earnt.

• Health cash plans for you and your family.

• Cycle to work scheme.

• Long service awards, that increase with length of service.

• Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.

• Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.

• Free parking at our homes and day clubs.

• Evening, weekend, and bank holiday enhancements to pay, as well as overtime premiums.

• Uniforms are provided.

• Free DBS checks

Safeguarding:

Keeping everyone safeis one of the charity’s corevalues, and is central to everything we do atFriends of the Elderly.All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.

Criminal record checks:

As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other’s differences. A charity where everyone is equal but definitely not the same.

Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts and retains the best people. People that care and can make a difference.

We currently do not provide sponsorship but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.

Don’t delay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.

Please refer to the job description upon submitting your application.