Healthcare Assistant

Rota Support are recruiting a full time, permanent Healthcare Assistant on behalf of our client, a residential care home based in a quiet village, three miles from Colchester town centre. The service aims to provide a homely and safe environment for up to 30 older adults and those with dementia so that they can enjoy the most independent life as possible within a homely environment.

Key Responsibilities

• To build warm, caring, and positive relationships with Service Users’, keeping the individual’s best interests in mind always.
• To provide support and practical help, advice and guidance to individuals in all areas of their life as required whilst respecting at all times the person’s rights and dignity in a manner that is entirely non-discriminatory, sensitive to individual needs, image enhancing, and empowering.
• To assist with personal care such as washing, dressing or using the toilet, domestic home care, managing personal finances and promoting social, emotional and physical wellbeing, education, and general social or leisure activities including making and maintaining friendships and relationships and participating in the local community, as detailed in the individual care plan.
• To work creatively to help individuals recognise achievements, celebrate successes, assist informed decision making, identify problems and find ways of resolving them, and to take advantage of opportunities, gain new experiences, take risks and develop life-skills and confidence.
• To help individuals identify future aspirations, and current support needs and preferences, and consider how these can best be met through formal and informal support.
• To liaise with other agencies with and on behalf of individuals to enable access to appropriate resources and services (including specialist services).
• To help Service Users live together positively, share responsibilities (including running their home), identify common issues and concerns and find solutions to problems.
• To act as an advocate or promote active participation through self-advocacy or independent advocacy.

General Responsibilities

• To communicate effectively, and to work positively and co-operatively with managers, other employees, other professionals and agencies, members of the public including family and friends of Service Users and to keep Service Users as the main focus of your efforts.
• To take your personal and professional development seriously, including active involvement in supervision, staff meetings and training.
• To maintain records in a wide range of areas, abiding by data protection legislation and issues of confidentiality at all times.
• To work collaboratively with the managers and other team members, participating in a range of flexible rota arrangements to provide 24-hour cover for the provision of care within the home.
• To help ensure that the Home is safe, secure and comfortable by offering support, undertaking tasks directly, and where appropriate advising line manager of concerns.
• To be aware of the homes Health and Safety Policy and understand your own responsibilities within this, and to actively use risk assessment practices to avoid or minimise risk in all areas of your work.
• To undertake several domestic duties as required, including laundry, ironing, cleaning and food preparation, as directed.
• To be aware of and follow all policies and procedures as laid out in the homes Policy and Procedures Manual.

What's on offer

• Full time, permanent position. Between 36-48 hours per week available
• Hourly rates ranging from the following

1. Day shifts = £12.71 increasing to £13.21 on successful completion of 6-month probation.
2. Night shifts = £13.49 increasing to £13.79 on successful completion of 6-month probation.

• 5.6 weeks pro-rata holiday entitlement
• Blue Light Card (employee discount scheme) (Online & in-store)
• £30 petrol allowance per month
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Staff Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced Overtime Rates such as overtime at time and half, Christmas and New Year at double time

Requirements

• Female staff only
• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or willingness to work towards NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care.
• Minimum 1 years experience in a care/ residential home providing care to the elderly.
• Must be flexible with covering both day and night shifts.

If you are interested in the above position and feel that you meet the necessary requirements, please apply for the role or get in touch with our team directly on (phone number removed).