Care Assistant - Nights

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; England; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider is seeking a Care Assistant to support individuals with their personal care and daily activities. The ideal candidate will be caring, kind, and possess a positive attitude. This role offers a stable working environment with comprehensive training and various perks, including flexible hours and retail discounts.

Benefits

Regular supervision and peer support

Access to wages before payday

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care preferred but not essential.
• Identifying with Exemplar Health Care values of integrity and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care.
• Assist people at meal times.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities.
• Maintain care records.

Skills

Caring and kind nature

Ability to deal with challenging situations

Positive and can-do attitude

Great listening and communication skills

Job description

Overview

Position: Care Assistant
Care home: Cheshire Springs
Location: Chester Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH65 6RY
Contract type: Full and part time hours available
Rate: £12.71-£13.06 per hour depending on qualifications

About Exemplar Health Care

Cheshire Springs is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. We support adults living with complex needs arising from mental health conditions, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities. We offer stable and secure employment opportunities, great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Care Assistants support people to live their best lives, whatever that looks like to them. No two days will 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.

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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. To apply, please use the application process provided by Exemplar Health Care.

For an informal chat about joining us, call 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.