CARE ASSISTANT RECRUITMENT

Routinely lead the shift and monitors care workers and ancillary staff
Takes responsibility for the shift and for the service while on duty;
Create and maintain care plans;
Manage medications;
Responds to emergencies and provides guidance and support to care workers;
Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe;
Generally assists with service users’ including but not limited to overall comfort, wellbeing and activities of daily living;
Undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required;
Monitors service users’ conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respiration and weight, and contributes to record keeping;
Liaises with professional staff, make appropriate referrals

Care assistants are more involved in the hands-on-care and supports the supports the service users with their activities of daily living.

All aspects of personal care such as showering and bathing, dressing and grooming, dental hygiene, toileting and continence care.
Supporting the customer to eat and drink well. For example, helping the customer to plan what to eat and drink, giving gentle encouragement, shopping, preparing and serving food and drinks, clearing the table, washing up and keeping the kitchen area clean and tidy, agreeing with the customer how to store food safely and when to dispose of out of date produce.
Safely using aids and personal equipment in a manner that respects the dignity of customers.
Housework such as dusting, tidying, washing floors, vacuuming and sweeping, doing the laundry and ironing, making beds and changing the linen.
Social and physical activities or mental stimulation such as keeping in touch with friends/relatives, taking a customer out shopping or to social activities, hobbies such as reading, photo albums, games, etc
Comply with Record keeping policy

Minimum £10.75 per hour and it varies with the employer and the experience of the candidate.

Contract is for 5 years and you get to work at least 40 hours/ week.

Overtime hours will be available if you wish to pick them

We recruit to various locations in the UK. The candidate will be given the full details of the location and employer if they wish to process via us.

Qualified medication professionals such as nurses, social workers, physiotherapists etc
Candidates who has a degree level qualification with a vocational qualification and extensive experience in care

Your passport must have a minimum of 6 months validity

The ideal course would be a full-time BSc Nursing degree or a Diploma nursing programme that is at least three years in length.

The ideal applicant must provide a minimum of 2 references covering the last 3 years.

You must prove you can read, write, speak and understand English to at least level B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) scale.

You can prove your knowledge of English by:

Passing a Secure English Language Test (SELT) from an approved provider (IELTS for UKVI-Listening: 4.0; Speaking: 4.0; Reading: 4.0; Writing: 4.0)
Having a GCSE, A level, Scottish National Qualification level 4 or 5, Scottish Higher or Advanced Higher in English, gained through study at a UK school that you began when you were under 18
Having a degree-level academic qualification that was taught in English - if you studied abroad, you’ll need to apply through Ecctis (formerly UK NARIC) for confirmation that your qualification is equivalent to a UK bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD

If you are applying for an entry clearance visa under the skilled worker (Health & Care) visa route, you must provide a criminal record certificate for any country (excluding the UK) where you have lived for 12 months or more (whether continuous or in total), in the 10 years before your application, while aged 18 or over. You can obtain further information on the link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants/guidance-on-the-application-process-for-criminal-records-checks-overseas

You’ll need to have a tuberculosis (TB) test if you’re coming to the UK for more than 6 months and are resident in any of these listed countries.