Coactive Care is a growing group of high-quality residential care homes, including Georgian House and Meadfoot View. With our brand-new flagship home, Spurfield House, opening soon in Exeter, we are now recruiting compassionate and dedicated Health Care/Support Assistants to join the team at this exciting new service. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a new team from the outset and help deliver exceptional, person-centred care to our residents. If you are passionate about supporting others and want to work in a welcoming and supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.
About the role
The great thing about working within a complex care environment, is that two days will never be entirely the same. The right candidate must be organised in ascertaining the client’s needs promoting independence and choice. All candidates will have to provide emotional and personal support to all our varied residents. This will also include all aspects of personal care, including bathing, toileting and getting people up and dressed.
The primary role of a Waking Night staff member is to provide our residents with high quality direct care and support that complies with all CQC and Health & Safety standards. Consistently working the hours as set out in the rota. Providing high quality monitoring; care and support and practical assistance with dignity and respect. This will include helping people with evening activities, helping people to get ready for bed, get up in the morning, meeting any personal care or health needs or emergencies; offering medication if trained to do so during the night and supporting people who are awake for any reason.
Staff must stay awake and alert and provide regular checks during the night as required by your manager or as indicated by the peoples’ care plans and recorded accurately.
Staff must ensure that the resident’s room is clean and tidy and safe before they go to bed and when they leave them next morning When Night staff are not directly helping with the resident’s other tasks you will be expected to perform domestic tasks such as cleaning, laundry or ironing, updating records, training and preparing trays for breakfast. You will adhere to all relevant policies and procedures and be a part of the efficient running of the home, creating a warm and pleasant atmosphere for our residents and your colleagues.
Experience matters…. But we all need to start somewhere.
We offer excellent rates of pay for experienced staff and offer great career and training development within our organisation, for all staff who wish to progress within our organisation.
If you wish to start a new career in care, we also offer in house training and development program for all persons who want to learn and develop and work with people with complex care needs.
This includes:-
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Extensive Induction Training.
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Care certificate completion
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Specific training and qualifications suited to complex care needs.
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NAPPI Training
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NVQ and Care Qualifications
- Excellent hourly rates of pay, with annual uplifts, with clear pay bands.
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Extra hourly rates paid for weekend nights with £0.50 Fri / £0.75 Sat / £1.00 Sun.
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Extra hourly rates paid for Bank Cover with £0.50 M-F /£0.75 Sat/ £1.00 Sun
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Extra Monies paid for Bank Holidays
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Optional Nest Pension Scheme
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Paid Annual Leave with 28 days Pro-Rata Leave
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Regular Staff and development meetings
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Unlimited use of employee referral scheme with £250 bonus.
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Dedicated Training manager to support your continuing professional development
- Self-motivated and Organised.
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Able to work independently and as part of a team.
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Work flexible hours, including weekends if required.
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Able to communicate effectively at all levels.
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Be able to keep calm in challenging situations.
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Be computer literate and competent at writing reports.
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Experienced in working with candidates with mental health issues and complex needs. (Preferred but not essential)
- Right to live and work in the UK
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2 x Positive References
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Enhanced DBS Check.
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A full UK driving licence would be an advantage but not essential
