Health Care Assistants (HCA)

Pharmacyupdate; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Varang Healthcare is seeking experienced Care Workers to cover various shifts in Southampton and surrounding areas. The role offers mornings, afternoons, long days, evenings, waking nights, and nights with potential for permanent contracts after temp placement.

Key duties include assisting with personal care, promoting health and wellbeing, supporting activities, and maintaining accurate records. NVQ in Health and Social Care is advantageous, though not essential.

Qualifications

• NVQ 2/3 in Health and Social Care desirable but not essential.
• Inspired by supporting those with a physical disability, learning difficulties, or additional needs.
• Willingness to make a difference in the lives of people in care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to undertake training if required.

Responsibilities

• Assist service users with personal care and daily living tasks.
• Support service users to engage in activities to promote independence and community inclusion.
• Help service users with meal preparation and nutrition.
• Promote dignity, respect and individual choice in all interactions.
• Record relevant information accurately and maintain care plans.

Skills

Effective communication

Education

NVQ in Health and Social Care

Job description

Varang Healthcare is looking for experienced Care Workers to work various shifts with some of our prestigious clients in Southampton and surrounding areas.

We can offer as many shifts as you wish including mornings, afternoons, long days, evenings, waking nights, nights. We are a reputable and fast-growing Social care company with lots of progression and development opportunities along with a chance to get a permanent contract after a few weeks of temporary work.
If you are looking for great organisations that run on strong principles and values of inclusion, empowerment, strength, dignity, and respect, then
Main duties of the HCA/Care Assistants -

• To assist in providing practical and personal support to enable service users to have more control over their lives and to meet their assessed needs by maintaining and promoting their health, wellbeing, and social development
• To ensure service users are supported in a varied range of activities that promote the development of people as individuals, increase independence and maximize community inclusion as identified both through the day to day choice and their agreed care plan
• Support service users to make informed choices and have new experiences within an agreed plan of risk-taking
• Assist the provision of the highest possible standards of support with regard to the quality of life and a homely environment including support for those users who represent a challenge to the service
• Support where necessary service users to attend social and leisure activities, community outings, and appointments
• To assist service users with their support needs as appropriate, ensuring awareness of each individual s culture, dignity and showing respect at all times. This may involve prompting to do key activities of daily living such as washing, dressing, feeding, or administering medication as required
• To assist service users in meeting outcomes from their person-centered plan and care plan
• Assist service users in cooking, shopping, cleaning, gardening, laundry, ironing, and household tasks
• Participate in achieving the highest domestic standards with respect to cleaning, hygiene, and provision of meals for well-balanced diets that meet the cultural and dietary needs of the residents
• To support Service Users to monitor their health and wellbeing
• Take responsible care of service users property, money, and other personal effects and maintain appropriate records
• To maintain complete and accurate records including Service Users personal files and financial records

About you:

• NVQ 2/3 in Health and Social Care desirable but not essential
• Inspired by supporting those with a physical disability, learning difficulties, or additional needs?
• Wantiing to make a difference in the lives of people in care?
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to undertake training if required