Health Care Assistant (Agency) Greater London
Job description
*Health Care Assistant* (Must have 6 months experience in UK)
Job Description:
Care2 Training are looking for a compassionate and dedicated Health Care Assistant to join our team in providing care and support to residents in our care homes that we are currently supplying. The ideal candidate will be passionate about providing high-quality care and will have experience working in a similar role.
Responsibilities:
- Assisting residents with personal care tasks, such as washing, dressing, and toileting
- Supporting residents with mobility and other physical needs
- Administering medication as directed by medical staff
- Assisting with meal preparation and feeding
- Keeping accurate records of care provided
- Building strong relationships with residents and their families
- Maintaining a clean and safe environment for residents
Requirements:
- Previous experience working as a Health Care Assistant in a care home setting
- Mandatory and Statutory training (listed below)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well as part of a team
- A compassionate and caring nature
- Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and evenings
*Mandatory Training:*
- Moving & Handling (Theory and Practical)
- First Aid (Practical Essential)
- Equality & Diversity
- Health & Safety
- Infection Control
- Medication training (Practical Essential)
- Mental Health Awareness
- Understanding Learning Disabilities
- Autism Awareness
- MCA & DOLS
- Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults
- Food Hygiene
- Information Governance/GDPR/Data protection
- Fire Safety
As a recruitment agency, we require all our candidates to provide us with certain compliance documents to ensure that they meet our standards. These documents include:
- Scanned Colour Passport or Visa
- Passport Sized Photo
- Proof of address (Bank Statement)
- National Insurance
- Covid-19 Vaccinations - Certificate
- Scanned Colour Passport or Visa (ID Badge)
- Mandatory & Statutory Training (All care related certificates)
- Emergency Contact
- Enhanced DBS (MUST BE ON THE UPDATED SERVICE)
- CV (Up to date - with Healthcare work experience)
*Please ensure that you have all these documents and training completed before applying for the position. We do not provide sponsorship for visas, but we can place workers in our company even if they are sponsored by a different company, as they’ll still be allowed to work outside their contractual hours with their sponsored company.*
If you're interested in this position, please submit your CV to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 40 per week
Salary: £11.00-£15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexitime
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
- Quarterly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- England: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- You must have all the qualifications and compliance in order to apply for the position
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
- Care home (required)
- Home care (preferred)
- Min 1 year (preferred)
Language:
- English (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 26/06/2023
