Health Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading care provider in Bishop Auckland is looking for a Health Care Assistant to support adults with complex care needs. The role requires a caring and compassionate individual who can help with personal care, meals, and social activities. Flexible working hours are available, offering competitive pay and comprehensive training opportunities.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Career prospects and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• No previous care experience is required, but relevant experience will be valued.
• Must demonstrate caring, kind, and understanding nature.
• Good communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support people with their personal care.
• Assist people during meal times.
• Encourage participation in social activities.
• Promote dignity, independence and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring

Positive attitude

Good communication

Ability to handle challenging situations

Job description

Overview

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Laurel Place
Location: Gudmensen Avenue, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6RG
Contract type: Full time or part time, 24, 36, 42 or 48 hours per week. Must be flexible for days and nights.
Rate: £12.96 per hour (£13.06 per hour on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate)

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as a Health Care Assistant at Laurel Place care home in Bishop Auckland.

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

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

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

Laurel Place 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.

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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. 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.