Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK is looking for a Health Care Assistant to support individuals with complex needs. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, meal times, and promoting independence and dignity for residents. The role requires compassion, strong communication skills, and the ability to handle challenging situations with a positive attitude. This full-time position offers regular supervision, learning opportunities, and various employee benefits, including discounts and a free DBS check.

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

• Relevant experience and qualifications are appreciated but not essential.
• Ability to handle challenging situations with composure.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support personal care for residents.
• Assist residents during meal times.
• Encourage participation in social activities.
• Maintain care records accurately.
• Promote respect and dignity.

Skills

Caring and understanding

Positive attitude

Great listener

Calm under pressure

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Lepton Heights

Location: 36 Wakefield Road, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 0BG

Contract type: Full-time, 42 hours per week, 12 hour shifts, 8.00am - 8.00pm, including weekends

Rate: £12.31 per hour on completion of Care Certificate

About Exemplar Health Care

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

Lepton Heights supports adults living with complex needs, such as acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.

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
• 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

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday with Wagestream
• 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.