Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Group.; Greater London; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking compassionate Health Care Assistants to join their team at a leading care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield. In this rewarding role, you will support adults with complex care needs, ensuring they live their best lives. Your responsibilities will include assisting with personal care, meal times, and promoting social activities. With a strong focus on staff support and development, this role offers a fulfilling experience in a caring environment. Join a team that values integrity, teamwork, and the well-being of both staff and residents.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Regular supervision and peer support

Learning opportunities and career prospects

Qualifications

• Experience in care is valued but not essential.
• Must be flexible for days, nights & weekends.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Caring

Communication

Understanding

Calmness

Problem-solving

Education

Relevant experience in care

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Pathways
Location: Kingfisher Way, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4BR
Contract type: Full time - 42hrs & 36hrs available. Must be flexible for days, nights & weekends.
Rate: £12.21 per hour
Care home CQC rating: Rated ‘Good’ by CQC

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Pathways care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

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

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

We support adults living with a learning disability and/or autism.

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:

1. supporting people with their personal care
2. assisting people at meal times
3. understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
4. encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home
5. promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
6. 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.

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:

1. caring, kind, understanding and calm
2. able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
3. energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can-do attitude
4. 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:

1. regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
2. access to wages before payday
3. retail and lifestyle discounts
4. free DBS check
5. 24/7 counselling and support
6. 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.