Health Care Assistant (Days)

TN United Kingdom; Haslemere; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home in Haslemere is seeking dedicated Care Assistants to join their team. The role involves providing high-quality care services, promoting wellbeing, and enhancing the lives of residents. Applicants should be passionate about supporting others and will receive necessary training. A variety of perks and a supportive environment await successful candidates.

Benefits

Group Pension Plan

Employee Assistance programme

Retail discount schemes

Access to loans

Mental health app access

Health cash plans

Monthly prize draw

Interest-free travel loans

Long service awards

Free parking

Qualifications

• Experience in care is a bonus.
• Passionate about promoting wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Promote wellbeing and enhance lives of residents.
• Deliver personalised care tailored to individuals.
• Provide emotional support for residents and families.

Skills

Passion for supporting residents

Job description

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

Our Redcot care home 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 a 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 earned.
• 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. We are 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, marital status, pregnancy or 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 at Friends 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. Any offer of employment will depend on a satisfactory outcome. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us; this depends on the circumstances and background of any record.