Health Care Assistant

at  We Care Group

WE CARE GROUP

We Care Group are a family owned company. Founded on the tradition of healthcare excellence, we bring a combination of the highest quality health care services and experienced, compassionate and dedicated staff to all of our nursing and care homes
We offer a warm, supportive and uplifting environment, where our residents are able to maintain their own individuality and feel at home. We take pride in being both small enough to care and large enough to be able to care. After all, we believe in ‘caring for our loved ones, like they cared for us!’
Are you looking for a fresh challenge? Wanting to take the next step in your healthcare career?

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE JOB

• To ensure Residents retain their dignity and individuality at all times.
• To assist in the general day-to-day activities within the Home.
• To maintain a safe and secure environment for Residents, staff members and visitors.
• To provide personal care e.g. washing, feeding
• Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by the managementOUR VALUE-BASED PERSONAL QUALITIESWORKING TOGETHER
• Involve our residents, family, external agencies & colleagues.
• Speak up when things go wrong.RESPECT AND DIGNITY
• Understand person-centred care and can demonstrate treating people as individuals and respecting choices.
• Promoting independence and encouraging appropriate risk-taking.EVERYBODY COUNTS
• Ensuring no one is discriminated against or excluded.
• Understand human rights and their impact on care delivery.
• Facilitating people to speak up about concerns and acting upon them.COMMITMENT TO QUALITY OF CARE
• Striving for quality in everything we do recognise and understanding what quality in care means for people within our homes.
• Being accepting of criticism and focusing on improvement.
• Being open to new opportunities for learning and identifying the limits of skills and knowledge.COMPASSION
• Treating people with kindness.
• Understanding the importance of empathy in all areas of employment.
• Understanding the values of others and always providing a caring service.IMPROVING LIVES
• Focus on how things could be done better and sharing ideas.
• Understanding of wellbeing and what is important to our residents.
• Improving outcomes for people.
• Ensuring appropriate services are provided for our residents.PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS IN THIS JOB DESCRIPTION MAY CHANGE AS THE NEEDS OF OUR SERVICE USERS AND HOMES CHANGE. THEY MAY ALSO CHANGE TO ALIGN WITH FUTURE POLICIES.