Health Care Assistant
Excellent opportunity for Experienced Health Care Assistants to join the South West's leading care home. Are you an experienced Health Care Assistant with NVQ/QCF Level 2 or 3? If so, as a Health Care Assistant, you will be working in a well-established homely care home environment that supports the physical and emotional wellbeing of the people living in the home, many of whom have Dementia. This home has achieved an 'Outstanding' in caring (with the Care Quality Commission) rating by putting the people living in the home at the forefront of everything they do - they focus care on the needs of the person rather than the needs of the service. Hours Full-Time 36 per week on a rota shift basis Duties include: To support with personal care needs on an individual basis recognising choice, ability and diversityTo recognise and actively encourage the importance of social activity in a person's dayTo understand the importance of a person's life history and incorporate this into the daily care needs You will: NVQ /QCF Level 2 or 3 Health CareDBSHave a passion for working with older peopleAbility to work within a multi-disciplinary teamReliable, trustworthy and wanting to make a differenceA commitment to enabling older people to live their lives as well as they can regardless of the complexities of living with long term or life limiting illnessExperience of caring for elderly patients with dementia within a care home Benefits: Salary ??13,609 - to ??17,915 Depending on Experience7 Day induction and on-going supportFull support and continued professional developmentPension Scheme