Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Goring-by-Sea; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK seeks a Health Care Assistant for Springfield Vale care home. In this role, you will support individuals with personal care and promote their wellbeing. Ideal candidates are caring, understanding, and possess a positive attitude. The position offers competitive pay of £12.21 per hour and various benefits, including access to wages before payday and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Regular supervision and peer support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications required, experience valued.
• Must identify with values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support people with their personal care.
• Assist people at meal times.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities.
• Promote choice, dignity, independence, and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

caring

kind

understanding

communication

calm

Job description

Overview

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Springfield Vale

Location: Perserverence Street, Barnsley, S70 6HD

Contract type: Various Hours Available

Rate: £12.21 per hour

Join us as our Health Care Assistant at Springfield Vale care home in Barnsley. You’ll be part of a supportive team and help make every day better for the people we support, assisting adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives while developing valuable skills and experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built home. You’ll have the chance to really make your mark.

Be proud to work for one of the country’s leading providers. Our homes are rated ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ far exceeds the national average.

About Exemplar Health Care

Springfield Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex and high-acuity needs. When open, Springfield Vale will provide nursing care for adults living with complex needs arising from dementia. We offer stable and secure employment opportunities, great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

Be part of the future in care home design. This is an incredibly exciting time to join us and be a part of a ‘first’ for Exemplar Health Care. We’ve partnered with Sterling University to design Springfield Vale as a purpose-built home, following their principles of dementia design, creating an environment that supports the cognitive and physical needs of people with dementia. Once open, you’ll work towards achieving Sterling University accreditation and making Springfield Vale a leading home for complex dementia care.

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.

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
• able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
• 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 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.