Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Health Care Assistant to join their team in Sutton-in-Ashfield. In this role, you will support adults with complex care needs, ensuring they live fulfilling lives with dignity and respect. This full-time position offers a competitive rate of pay and various benefits, including access to wages before payday and career progression 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

• No previous care experience required, but relevant qualifications are valuable.
• Ability to deal with challenging situations calmly.
• Energetic and positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care needs.
• Assist with meal times and social activities.
• Maintain care records.

Skills

Caring

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Job description

Overview

Position: Health Care Assistant. Care home: Eastlands. Location: Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4BR. Contract type: Full time 42hrs per week. Rate: £12.71ph increasing to £12.81ph upon 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 Eastlands 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

Eastlands is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs. We support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. The home's Robin Unit is exclusively for people who identify as male. 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. There are usually up to six colleagues on each unit that supports around ten people, 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

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 [POD EMAIL ADDRESS].

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.