Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading care provider in Pontefract is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support adults with complex care needs. This role involves assisting with personal care, meal times, and encouraging social activities. Ideal candidates will be caring and compassionate, ready to make a difference in others' lives. The position offers full-time and part-time options, competitive pay, and benefits including career development opportunities.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Regular supervision and peer support

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Caring, kind, understanding and calm demeanor.
• Ability to handle challenging situations.
• Energetic and outgoing with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care tasks.
• Assist with meals and promote social activities.
• Maintain care records and support individual needs.

Skills

Caring nature

Communication

Understanding

Patience

Teamwork

Education

Relevant experience

Job description

£13.31 per hour on completion of Care Certificate

Care home: Hamilton Springs
Location: Westfield Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2JY
Contract type: Permanent - Full Time or Part Time
Rate: £13.31 per hour on completion of Care Certificate

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

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.

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

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

When open, Hamilton Springs will 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

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:

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 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.

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care began as a healthcare consultancy and training firm. But we soon saw a gap in the sector: a lack of care homes for younger adults living with complex needs.

That insight shaped the mission we still live by today - to transform complex care and provide fulfilling opportunities for the people who need it most.

We’re now proud to have more than 60 care homes across England, providing nursing care for adults living with dementia, neuro-disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities.

Whoever you are, and whatever experience you bring, there are lots of ways you can help us make every day better for the people we support.

Public transport and location

Hamilton Springs is a short drive from major roads including the A638/Doncaster Road, A628 Cross Hill and A635/Doncaster Road. It is close to the junction where Westfield Lane meets Broad Lane, near the Junction Pub. There are limited parking spaces in the home’s car park; street parking is available in the surrounding area.

The home is a short walk from several bus stops (Westfield Lane Central Avenue bus stop served by bus 485; Broad Lane Beech St bus stop served by bus 485). There is also a train station in the local area: South Elmsall – about 1 mile away (approximately 16 minutes on foot).