Unite Healthcare strives to be a positive, supportive and inclusive employer. As such, we offer staff at all levels.

• Good rates of pay.
• Mileage allowances for car drivers.
• A pension scheme.
• Full Care Certificate training.
• Fully funded NVQ qualifications.
• Specific training, as required.
• Ongoing managerial support.
• All the necessary resources to excel.

At Unite Healthcare we are fully committed to our aim of providing high quality care to all our service users. We believe one of the key way for achieving this is to ensure our employees are inducted and trained to a high standard. We ensure all new staff undertake The Care Certificate as part of a standard induction. Introduced by the Government in 2015 The Care Certificate is a set of 15 standards which those working in care need in their day-to-day caring duties. The Care Certificate gives everyone the confidence that these workers have the same introductory skills, knowledge and behaviours to provide compassionate, safe and high-quality care and support.

We want you to excel in your care with us and will give you every opportunity. Therefore, we first look within to promote into supervisory and management positions. Many of our current managers started in care positions and this could be you.

Following completion of the Care Certificate induction, all staff will undertake refresher training after three years’ service or when the need arises. The following individual refresher courses presently delivered are.

• Safeguarding Adults and Children
• Medication management
• Moving and Handling
• Dementia Awareness
• First Aid
• Food Hygiene
• Fluid and Nutrition

The safety and suitability of our Homecare Assistants is very important to us. Therefore, Unite Healthcare we strictly adhere to principles of safer recruitment. This includes ensuring all applicants are subject to the following recruitment stages.

• Completed Application
• Interview – measured against a suitability criterion.
• Enhanced DBS check
• Receipt of 2 satisfactory references.
• Care Certificate/Company Induction.
• Confirmation of stated qualifications and training.