Health Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading care provider in Birmingham is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support individuals in their daily activities and personal care. This role promises a supportive environment with training programs and a focus on dignity and respect for all residents. Ideal candidates are caring and energetic with excellent communication skills. The position offers a flexible contract of 36-48 hours per week, and various perks, including access to wages before payday and peer support.

Benefits

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

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications required but relevant experience is valued.
• Ability to defuse challenging situations is important.
• Strong communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support people with their personal care.
• Assist people at meal times.
• Understand individual health and well-being needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities.
• Promote choice, dignity, independence, and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Understanding

Calm under pressure

Energetic

Positive attitude

Job description

Overview

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Blackmoor
Location: 21 Blackmoor Croft, Birmingham B33 0PE
Contract type: 36, 42, or 48 Hours Per Week
Rate: £12.31 on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate

About Blackmoor

Blackmoor is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. We support adults living with complex mental health needs, brain injuries, physical disabilities and neuro-disabilities including Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. We offer stable and secure employment opportunities, great benefits and perks, and 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 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:
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 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.