Health Care Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

At Delore Care, we prioritise our staff and workers as we believe that this will have a direct impact on the welfare of the people that we care for. This role will be providing care support in Spelthorne Locality (TW15, TW16, TW17,TW18, TW19 and KT12) and Woking locality (GU21, GU22, KT14, KT15, KT16).

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• We support & assist with personal care.
• Prompting and administering medication.
• Support with shopping and appointments
• Providing support with hobbies and social activities
• Providing companionship, being supportive & friendly.
• Helping patients with their everyday duties
• Preparing light meals.
• Light domestic duties.

Benefits

• Career Progression - We are a growing company and there is always opportunity to move up the career ladder, we consider internal staff first for job opens.
• Flexible Payment– Most of our staff get paid 2 weekly but we can be flexible with your payment if you want earlier payments.
• Mileage payment - We pay mileage in between calls
• FREE Blue Light card – national discount card for hundreds of retailers
• Small Teams - You work as part of close knit teams
• Care Certificate and NVQs - Staff are supported to completed their care certificates and NVQs.
• Holiday entitlement - All care workers have their 28 days holiday entitlement
• Pension scheme - All staff are registered unto a pension scheme to save for the future unless staff opt out.
• Sponsorship can be provided.

Skills required:

• Experience preferred but not essential as you will be trained
• Reliable and trustworthy as lone working is required
• Have a caring and nurturing personality
• Managing different medical conditions like dementia, autism, challenging behaviour
• Passion and commitment to provide outstanding care
• Have an NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social care is a great advantage or be willing to work towards this.

Requirements:

• Proof of Right to work in the UK
• Proof of NI on official document (except you are new in the country and yet to obtain NI number)
• 2 Proofs of address with the last 3 months
• Valid DBS check/ or willing to pay for a new DBS
• Able to provide contact details for 2 references
• Driving licence is required

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 36 months
Part-time hours: 42 per week

Salary: From £22,500.00 per year

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• No weekends
• Weekend availability
• Weekends only

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus
• Yearly bonus

COVID-19 considerations:
Free PPE are provided for all staff and we follow all governmental guidance on COVID-19

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Ashford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Healthcare Assistant - DC04