Waking Night Health Care Assistant in London

We are looking for new Waking Night Care Assistants who are caring and enthusiastic and have previous experience of working in care or want to start a new career in caring for persons who have complex care needs.

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. Responsibilities include:

• Consistently working the hours as set out in the rota.
• Providing high quality monitoring, care and support, and practical assistance with dignity and respect.
• Helping people with evening activities, getting ready for bed, and 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.
• Staying awake and alert and providing regular checks during the night as required by your manager or as indicated by the people's care plans.
• Ensuring that the resident's room is clean, tidy, and safe before they go to bed and when leaving them the next morning.
• Performing domestic tasks such as cleaning, laundry or ironing, updating records, training, and preparing trays for breakfast when not directly helping with residents.

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.

Professional Development

Experience matters, but we all need to start somewhere. We offer excellent rates of pay for experienced staff and great career and training development within our organisation for all staff who wish to progress. If you wish to start a new career in care, we also offer an in-house training and development programme for all persons who want to learn and develop and work with people with complex care needs. This includes:

• Extensive Induction Training.
• Specific training and qualifications suited to complex care needs.
• NVQ and Care Qualifications.

We Can Offer:

• Excellent hourly rates of pay, with annual uplifts and clear pay bands.
• Extra hourly rates paid for weekend nights: £0.50 Fri / £0.75 Sat / £1.00 Sun.
• Extra hourly rates paid for Bank Cover: £0.50 M-F / £0.75 Sat / £1.00 Sun.
• Extra monies paid for Bank Holidays.
• Paid Annual Leave with 28 days Pro-Rata Leave.
• Regular Staff and development meetings.
• Unlimited use of employee referral scheme with £250 bonus.
• A dedicated Training manager to support your continuing professional development.
• In-house Physical intervention training.

As an organisation we will:

• Value you.
• Respect you.
• Develop you.
• Train you.

A Successful Candidate Should Have:

• Self-motivated and organised.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Be able to keep calm in challenging situations.
• Be computer literate and competent at writing reports.
• Experience in working with candidates with mental health issues and complex needs (preferred but not essential).