Care Home Assistant Practitioner CHAPS
Job Description
Job summary
The Care Home Assistant Practitioner (CHAPS) role at Akari Care involves providing personalized care to elderly residents, working alongside nurses to support their daily nursing needs. The role requires a caring nature, strong communication skills, and a commitment to empowering and respecting the residents. Akari Care aims to create a nurturing environment where residents feel valued and receive the individualized care they deserve.
Main duties of the job
As a Care Home Assistant Practitioner (CHAPS), you will play a fundamental and integral part of the care team, assisting in looking after the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the residents. You will collaborate with the nurses to support and aid with the day-to-day nursing requirements, allowing the nurses to focus on the more complex medical needs of the residents. You will need to demonstrate a caring nature, the ability to lead by example, and strong communication and relationship-building skills to empower your colleagues and deliver personalized, high-quality care.
About us
Akari Care is an award-winning care home provider committed to creating a nurturing environment where elderly residents are valued, respected, and offered the personalized care they deserve. The company's aim is to enable its residents to live life to the fullest, with a focus on maintaining their identity and dignity.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
Care Home Assistant Practitioner (CHAPS)
If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.
We now seek a Care Home Assistant Practitioner who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.
Playing a fundamental and integral part of our united and extended care team you will assist in looking after the physical, mental and emotional needs of our residents to help us deliver the highest quality, individualised care they require.
As one of our Care Home Assistant Practitioners (CHAPs) you will collaboratively work alongside our fully trained Nurses to support and assist with the day to day nursing needs of our residents, thus allowing our Nurses the time and resource to tend to the needs of the more complex nursing requirements of some of our residents.
By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.
Whilst undertaking a wide range of duties which support the highest quality of personalised medical and clinical care to our residents, you will also help and cooperate with colleagues, family members and our extended range of external qualified professionals which make up our overall care community, to fulfil our aim of helping to maintain the identity and dignity of our residents with a focus on living life to the fullest for each individual.
What we require from you:
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Care Home Assistant Practitioner Certification
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A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach
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Proven ability to lead by example, motivate a team and delegate effectively
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Have a coaching style leadership mentality to empower your colleagues
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Good communication and relationship building skills
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Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice
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Warm, approachable, and engaging persona
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Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated
Whats in it for you:
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A competitive salary of £13.50
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Pension contribution of 5%
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Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes
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Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid
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28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
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Flexible working patterns
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Fully funded training and development
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Support with personal development plans
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The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally
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An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included
AKSCA
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Care Home Assistant Practitioner Certification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Akari Care Limited
Address
Akari Care
Austerson
CW5 8AB
