# Care Assistant

**Company**: Bupa
**Location**: Colchester
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £12.75 per hour
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Care Assistant to join our team at Colonia Court Care Home in Colchester. As a Care Assistant, you will be at the heart of our organisation, providing person-centred care that supports independence and honours choice.

**Job Details**

- Location: Colonia Court Care Home, St Andrews Avenue, Colchester CO4 3AN

- Salary: £12.75 per hour

- Contract: Permanent - Full Time

- Hours: Day shifts, including alternate weekends

**About Colonia Court Care Home** Colonia Court offers nursing, residential and dementia care, as well as having a dedicated unit for people living with Huntington’s disease. The home is situated in a pleasant, leafy suburb and is within easy access to Colchester.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Support residents with a wide range of differing requirements from companionship to personal care.

- Observe and manage residents' behaviour with care and ensure to document and report any changes.

- Support residents' nutrition and hydration needs, encouraging and assisting them to eat and drink according to their care plan.

- Provide essential physical and mental stimulation through social and recreational activities.

- Maintain accurate care plans in line with regulatory & legal requirements.

**What We're Looking For**

- Motivation, positivity, and great interpersonal skills.

- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

- Desirable: Previous experience in a care home environment or a Health and Social Care qualification.

**Benefits**

- My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment.

- Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products.

- Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages.

- 28 days holiday.

- Sick pay scheme.

- Long service rewards.

- Free meal on every shift.

- Interest-free annual travel loan.

- Range of Bupa pension plans.

- Parental leave schemes.

- Menopause Plan.

- Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities.

## Skills

### Required
- person-centred care
- communication skills
- interpersonal skills

### Nice to have
- previous experience in a care home environment
- Health and Social Care qualification

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