Care Assistants: Entry level and Senior Care Assistants

Winners of the West Sussex Care Accolades ‘Employer of the year’ award 2016!

Are you passionate about providing excellence??

Are you looking to join an award winning company??

If yes to the above, Join the team at Sussex Healthcare!

Due to our on-going success we are looking to grow our work force across the Sussex area. We are looking for caring and enthusiastic individuals and are recruiting.

The Role:

Care Assistants: Entry level and Senior Care Assistants

The Pay:

Care Assistant/ Support Worker

£7.20 – Basic Rate

£7.70 – Weekend Rate

£14.40 – Bank Holiday Rate

Senior Care Assistant/ Support Worker

£8.35 – Basic Rate

£8.85 – Weekend Rate

£16.70 – Bank Holiday Rate

Who are we?

Sussex Health Care's philosophy is to provide quality care services that help individuals fulfill their lives and we can only achieve this through our dedicated and loyal team members. We currently have over 20 homes providing specialist care for people with learning difficulties, physical disabilities, neurological conditions and care for the elderly. As we say ‘Great care starts with great people’ Are you one of those people?

Why work for us?

Sussex Health Care is committed to making the working environment a place where everyone feels valued and can fulfill their potential. Education and training are a key part of our quality strategy this is why we have an Academy at Head Office available to all staff who wish to further their career or take a new path. We actively encourage and support our staff to better their training not only for personal improvement, but to provide the highest quality of care we can to our service users. We strongly believe in investing in the talented members of our team and this is one of our key values at Sussex Healthcare and why w are a recognised placement centre for student Nurses from Greenwich University and the Open University.

The Benefits:

Pension,Free uniform, Free staff bus, Staff accommodation, In house Training Academy located at Head Office; offering various courses free of charge, Subsidiary meals, Paid breaks, Both Full Time and Part Time roles available, Being a part of a dedicated team who provide outstanding care to all its users, New state of the art facilities at our Rapkyns Village.....Plus more!

The Job Description/ Responsibilities:

Job Description:

• To meet the personal care needs of service users in a way that respects the dignity of the individual and promotes independence.
• To help in the care of the service users physical environment and in the general day to day activities of the home.

Responsibilities:

• Assist and help service users.
• Assist with therapeutic programmes designed to enhance the service user’s physical well being and social development.
• Help in the promotion of mental and physical activity of service users through talking with them, taking them out and sharing in a wide range of activities.
• Some laundry/ cleaning will be required from time to time.
• Answer the door and telephone, and greet visitors.
• Read and write reports, take part in staff and service users meetings and in training activities as required by the Registered Manager.
• Fulfil the criteria set by the National Care Standards Act 2000 of six training sessions per year and to keep a record.
• Adhere to the confidentiality and data protection policies.
• Abide by the rules governing the safety and handling of drugs.
• Assist Commission for Social Care inspectors during visits of inspection.

BECOME ONE OF THE TEAM AT SUSSEX HEALTHCARE