Health Care Assistant - Malvern

Blue Octopus; Malvern; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established charity is seeking a dedicated Health Care Assistant to provide compassionate care to older adults. In this rewarding role, you will help residents with personal care, companionship, and meal preparation, ensuring their dignity and comfort. With no prior experience required, we offer comprehensive training to help you excel. Join a caring team in picturesque surroundings, where your efforts will genuinely make a difference in the lives of those you serve. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to enrich the lives of older people every day.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Paid breaks

Monthly prize draw

Wellbeing support

Retail discount schemes

Access to loans

Health cash plans

Cycle to work scheme

Long service awards

Free parking

Qualifications

• Passion for care and ability to build relationships with residents.
• Empathetic, respectful, and self-motivated team player.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal care, companionship, and meal preparation.
• Maintain accurate care records and support mobility.

Skills

Empathy

Compassion

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Education

No formal education required

Job description

Permanent – Full Time and Part Time hours available.

Must live in a commutable distance to Malvern, Worcestershire.

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 100 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.

With a person-focused approach to care, Bradbury Court and Davenham are picturesque homes situated in beautiful grounds in Malvern. Specialising in care for people with dementia, as well as residential and nursing care, we have a dedicated, well-trained and compassionate team of staff that care for our residents.

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 be someone who has 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. 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.

No prior experience is needed, as we will give you all the training you’ll need to excel in this role.

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 safe is one of the charity’s core values, and 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, 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.