Care Assistant - Mental Health

Newcross Healthcare ,
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £13.8 per hour

Overview

Is building meaningful and lasting relationships with the people you care for important to you? As a Mental Health Care Assistant in Cardiff and the surrounding local areas, you'll love the fast-pace and variety that comes with assisting in providing life-enhancing care to our service users with mental health conditions, challenging behaviours and learning disabilities. This role provides you with a unique chance to really grow in your career, take on new responsibilities and enjoy the new relationships that you build each day. Working for Newcross is an opportunity to become part of a supportive community, supported by like minded individuals. About you With experience of caring professionally or for a loved one under your belt, and with a valid certificate in Moving and Handling, and the right to live and work in the UK. We also expect you to demonstrate our core values of positivity, trustworthiness, respectfulness, understanding, kindness, and calmness on every shift. Passion and determination to bring comfort and joy to our service users is a must. Access to your own vehicle would be beneficial, but is not a requirement. Previous experience of caring for service users with dementia, mental health and challenging behaviours in a range of medium, low and residential nursing home settings will strengthen your application. Your benefits package Our benefits package is second-to-none. It includes: A competitive remuneration of £13.83 per hour, including holiday pay Get paid as soon as you finish a shift with Flexi Pay Fixed hours on a rota basis Free ongoing learning and development to take your career where you go Access to NHS registered GPs and mental health support to avoid waiting for NHS appointments. If you're a caregiving superstar, looking to work for a company that's truly leading the charge in home care, then Newcross is the place for you.