Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Group.; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 16,531 - 17,908; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision and peer support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care Group is looking for a compassionate Health Care Assistant at Jubilee Heights care home in Bury. Join a supportive team and make a difference in the lives of adults with complex care needs while developing your skills and experience.

This role offers various shifts, higher-than-average staffing levels, and the opportunity to contribute to a pioneering team in a state-of-the-art facility. Responsibilities include supporting personal care and promoting dignity and independence.

Join us for a rewarding career with great benefits!

Qualifications

• Caring, kind, understanding, and calm personality.
• Ability to deal with and defuse challenging situations.
• Energetic and outgoing with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Great listener and communicator.

Responsibilities

• Support people with their personal care.
• Assist people at 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

Communication

Calm under pressure

Positive attitude

Understanding

Job description

Care home: Jubilee Heights
Location: Irwell Street, Bury, BL9 0HE
Contract type: Various hours available, 12 hour shifts, Days and Nights
Rate: £12.71

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

As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll be part of a supportive team and help make every day better for the people we support. You’ll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives while also developing valuable skills and experience.

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 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.

We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren’t essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

• 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

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.

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