Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nursing care provider in Knowsley is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support adults with complex care needs. This role involves personal care, meal assistance, and promoting dignity and independence. Ideal candidates are caring, communicative, and have a positive attitude. The position offers flexible contracts, great perks, including career development opportunities, and support for individuals entering the care sector. Join a new team in a state-of-the-art care home where every day brings new rewarding challenges.

Benefits

Regular supervision and peer support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Relevant experience and qualifications are valued but not essential.
• Must embody values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care.
• Assist individuals during 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

Calm

Positive attitude

Good communication

Job description

Health Care Assistant

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Position : Health Care Assistant

Care home : Fernwood

Location : 239 Knowsley Lane, Knowsley, L36 8EL

Contract type : Full and part time contracts with a mixture of day and night shifts

Rate : £12.31 (on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate)

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

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

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.

About Exemplar Health Care

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

We support adults living with 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.

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.

• 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

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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