Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a caring and compassionate Health Care Assistant to join their team at Neville Court in Barnsley. This full-time position involves supporting adults with complex care needs, providing personal care, and encouraging social engagement. With a strong commitment to quality care, Exemplar offers training for newcomers and fosters a positive working environment.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Regular supervision and peer support

Learning opportunities

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in health care is valued but not mandatory.
• Training will be provided for new entrants to the sector.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care and meal assistance.
• Encourage social activities and maintain care records.
• Promote dignity, independence, and respect.

Skills

Caring

Understanding

Teamwork

Communication

Resilience

Calmness

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Neville Court
Location: Kendray, Barnsley, S70 3HF
Contract type: Full time, 36 hours per week, including weekends
Rate: £12.21 - £12.56 per hour
Care home CQC rating: Good

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Neville Court care home in Kendray, Barnsley.

As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.

This role will give you a tremendous sense of achievement and pride – you’ll be making a real difference each and every day.

And you can be proud to work for one of the country’s leading providers. The number of our homes rated ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ far exceeds the national average.

About Exemplar Health Care

Neville Court is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with mental health conditions and neuro-disabilities such as brain injuries and Huntington’s disease. Some of the people we support display behaviours of concern.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Health Care Assistants support people to live their best lives, whatever that looks like to them.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• supporting people with their personal care
• assisting people at meal times
• understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
• encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home
• promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
• completing and maintaining care records.

We have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

Download our job description to read more:

https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1029766837/

About you

We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren’t essential for this role.

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also:

• caring, kind, understanding and calm
• resilient
• able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
• able to manage personal emotions in difficult circumstances
• a great team player
• able to complete all aspects of physical EPBS training to cope with the demands of the role
• energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can-do attitude
• a great listener and communicator.

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail].

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.