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Health Care Assistant

Pay rates: Days: Up to £12.32 per hour / Nights: Up to £13.07 per hour

** Colten Care is proud to pay all our valued Health Care Assistants/Support Workers ABOVE the Real Living Wage, at a minimum rate of £10 per hour plus enhancements **

** Full time and part time contracts available to support you and your work/life balance, including alternate weekends (includes paid breaks) **

Introduction

We’re looking for Health Care Assistants both experienced or new to care, to join our team and become a valued part of day-to-day life in one of our luxury homes local to you, either Whitecliffe House in Blandford Forum ( DT11 7BQ), Newstone House in Sturminster Newton (DT10 1FF), Castle View in Dorchester (DT1 2NH) or Abbey View in Sherborne (DT9 4HG)

We’re looking for the right person to join our fabulous care team, to build lasting relationships with residents and ensure they receive the highest level of personal care every day, assisting them to lead a fulfilled life.

You don’t need experience to make a real difference to residents’ lives. A positive, caring attitude, enthusiasm and a passion for helping others are what we’re looking for. If you’re a Support Worker, or looking for a Support Worker role, you may possess all the skills and qualities we’re looking for.

You’ll thrive as a Health Care Assistant with Colten Care, enjoying the leadership and guidance of our Nursing team and Senior Care Lead. You’ll have job security and future career progression opportunities thanks to our dedicated Learning & Development team.

A career at Colten Care offers the opportunity to be part of something special and to really make a difference. If that’s what you’re looking for, we’d love you to apply. A member of our dedicated recruitment team will then be in touch to discuss the position.

About you

Compassion is in your nature. You’re willing to be hands-on with residents and help them whenever needed. You’re organised, hard-working, resilient, with good observations skills, attention to detail and a sense of fun.

You don’t need to have experience. Your personal qualities and values are more important to us, and you’ll be supported with a comprehensive induction and ongoing training from day one.

About Colten Care

We’re a local, family-owned, award-winning care home group, with an outstanding reputation within the industry thanks to our amazing people and our focus on keeping the resident at the heart of everything we do.

We strive to be the best we can hence why all 21 of our nursing homes are rated at least good and 6 are outstanding by the CQC, our national regulator.

For the 7th year running we’ve been named as one of carehome.co.uk Top 20 Care Home Groups in the UK, by the residents and their families who have first-hand experience of the care and support being given at our care homes.

If a career in elderly care is for you then you want to be part of the team at Colten Care.

Benefits

• Pay enhancement for weekends, nights and NVQ qualifications
• Additional hours / overtime opportunities available to suit your circumstances
• Paid breaks and free meals
• Training provided for free to be the best you can be in your role
• Free uniforms
• Staff recommendation reward scheme, up to £1,000 (terms apply)
• In house progression opportunities to the Senior Care Lead Programme
• Career progression to join the Trainee Nurse Associate Programme and be a nurse at no cost to you
• We fund your learning and you increase your earnings.