Health Care Assistant (BANK)

Friends of the Elderly; Colchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Friends of the Elderly is seeking dedicated Care Assistants for New Copford Place, focused on enhancing the lives of residents through outstanding care. The role emphasizes personal support, wellbeing promotion, and respect while offering competitive pay and various perks, including a pension plan and employee assistance programs.

Benefits

Group Pension Plan with 6% contribution

Free Employee Assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Interest-free travel loans

Free parking at homes and day clubs

Evening, weekend, and bank holiday pay enhancements

Uniforms provided

Free DBS checks

Qualifications

• Passionate about supporting residents in their well-being.
• Training provided; prior care experience is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Promote wellbeing and enhance the lives of residents.
• Deliver personalized care tailored to individual needs.
• Provide emotional support for residents and their families.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

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Pay Rates: £ for weekdays, £ for nights and weekends.

Location: Colchester

Available Shifts:

• BANK - Days & Nights

Are you passionate about promoting wellbeing and helping people live well in later life?

New Copford Place is looking for passionate and dedicated Care Assistants to join our team. We provide high quality care services for our residents, including residential and dementia care. Our focus is on promoting wellbeing and enhancing the lives of our residents by providing tailored care to meet their individual needs.

• As a Care Assistant , you will promote wellbeing and enhance the lives of our residents by keeping them safe.
• By joining us as a Care Assistant , you will deliver personalised care tailored to each individual.
• Care Assistants provide emotional support for our residents and residents’ family members.
• Our Care Assistants strive for excellence in all they do.
• Promoting independence, offering choice, and caring with respect is at the heart of all our Care Assistants!

Apply now and step into the wonderful world of care!

We recruit based on your values, which means we only require you to be passionate about supporting our residents. We’ll provide you with the training and tools that you’ll need to excel in your career in care with us. And if you have experience in Care... well, that’s bonus!

We also offer:

• Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us
• Access to a free and confidential Employee Assistance programme, offering advice, counselling, and support on life matters.
• Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.
• Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earnt.
• Access to Unmind, an app for your mental health and wellbeing.
• Health cash plans for you and your family, to help with everyday healthcare such as dental, optical and physiotherapy.
• Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.
• Interest free travel loans and ride to work scheme.
• Long service awards, that increase with length of service.
• Refer a friend to work for us and you both receive a £200 bonus.
• 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

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 .

We welcome applications from anyone who shares our values regardless of their age, gender reassignment. being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnantor on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Safeguarding

Keeping everyone safe- As one of the charity’s core values, keeping people safe is central to everything we do atFriends of the Elderly.All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedure and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff 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.