Health Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a caring and energetic Health Care Assistant at their new care home. Responsibilities include supporting personal care and encouraging social activities. Ideal candidates should demonstrate kindness and great communication skills. You'll be part of a supportive team, with opportunities for training and development. A unique chance to make an impact is offered in this rewarding role.

Benefits

Regular supervision and support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Caring, kind, understanding, and calm persona.
• Energetic and outgoing with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Great listener and communicator.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Caring attitude

Good communication

Ability to defuse challenging situations

Positive attitude

Job description

Overview

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Leger Grove
Location: Armthorpe Road, Intake, Doncaster, DN2 6AR
Contract type: Various Hours Available
Rate: £12.31 on 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 Leger Grove care home in Doncaster.

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

Leger Grove care home is set to open in 2025, offering you a unique opportunity to be part of a brand-new team in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built home. This is your chance to truly make an impact!

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

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

When open, Leger Grove will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.

Although the home is set to open in [Month] 2025, you’ll begin a tailored induction one month prior. This will give you the opportunity to learn about the company, meet your colleagues and complete your training, so you\'re fully prepared when the home officially opens. In the meantime, we\'ll stay in touch via email or WhatsApp, sharing regular updates on the progress of your new workplace.

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 with Wagestream
• 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.