London Borough of Enfield is now recruiting for HCA for Bridgewood House based in Enfield. We are looking for kind, friendly, talented and caring candidates to join and enhance our team of hard working, passionate and friendly team. We are currently looking to recruit day shifts across all shift patterns covering weekdays and weekends. The role of a health care Assistant is vitally important and fundamental in the principles of delivering the highest quality of clinical care to our residents. Job Summary You will be playing a pivotal role in providing excellent support in care for residents and your daily tasks as a support worker will includes assisting residents with personal care, administered of medication, assisting with personal care, toileting, assistance eating and drinking, key working, escorting residents to appointments Key Responsibilities and Job specification - Able to assess needs of the residents for care - Documentation - able to document care in care notes with a good standard of English language - Adhere to policies and procedures in the organisation and CQC guidelines - You need to be kind, caring and patient with a reassuring and positive attitude. - You need to be equally happy to work as part of our team and on your own initiative. - You will need to have an interest in working with our client group of elderly frail residents with dementia and / challenging behaviour - You will need to share our values of protecting dignity, promoting wellbeing and working in a person-centred manner at all times. - Work within multidisciplinary team, key working What you will need to do the role successfully - A positive, can-do attitude. - Person centred approach. - Be proactive, professional and able to deal with people at all levels. - Great support planning skills. - Good communications skills - Experience in mentoring, training or supervising others (desirable) - Previous experience of working in a nursing environment - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. - Good IT Skills. - Satisfactory Disclosure completion upon successful application - Care of the elderly / palliative care experience (desired) - Training / coaching experience / qualification (desired) Contact Details - If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Bibi Codabaccus on 02088047800 for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the team. If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Andy Kingsbury, Recruitment & Onboarding Advisor on 0208 078 5976 or [email protected] “This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment”. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV. Why it's great to work for Enfield Council: - An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). - Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas. - A blend of remote and office based working for most roles. - Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months. - Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods. - Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family. - Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work. We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more. If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.