Care Assistant

Feeling Included “people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”

One question we ask when recruiting into our care team is “what do you want from your job”. A response we hear a lot is “I just want to fit in somewhere”.

We all have a desire to be a part of something, to be a part of a group, to feel like we belong. It is the best feeling in the world to feel wanted, to be a part of something, to be valued.

The feeling of not fitting in; feeling left out, can be devastating and can leave a profound long-lasting effect on us, on our sense of confidence and self-worth.

Our Community:

Feeling that we are a part of a community like Heanton Nursing Home can lift us when we are down and gives us the capacity to deal with what challenges come our way.

Throughout your recruitment journey we ensure you are supported, and this starts with the recruitment team and is carried through to your first day in the home … but the support doesn’t end there! You will have a dedicated buddy in the home who will be there to guide and empower you, along with a wellbeing team that will check in with you from time to time and also to be there at the end of a line 24/7 should you want to talk.

Our Training:

Part of our training is via eLearning, however we know eLearning alone won’t equip you for the emotional challenges that you will face as a Care Assistant. So, we created our own training academy and now in its fifth year, we are seeing the wellbeing of team members and the people we support and care for increase enormously.

Our training is for all team members across all grades, all departments, all age groups and all genders.

Benefits:

• Excellent Hourly Rate (one of the highest paid providers in Devon)

• Paid breaks

• Bank Holiday Enhancement

• Free DBS

• Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme - £50 each

• Full and Part time hours available

• Automatic enrolment on to our pension scheme

• A fully funded CPD accredited training programme like no other for all team members

• A dedicated wellbeing/welfare team available 24/7 for support, guidance, health worry questions or simply someone to talk to about any worries you may not be able to talk to anyone else about

We are currently holding interviews over the telephone and we aim for this to be arranged within 24 hours of your application, if you would rather an informal chat to go over some of the responsibilities and expectations of a Care Assistant, then please also make contact and one of our Join Us team members will be happy to help.