Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Hanley; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

Access to wages before payday

Retail & lifestyle discounts

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care's Neville Court care home in Kendray, Barnsley is hiring a Health Care Assistant to support adults with complex care needs. You will help with personal care, meals and daily living, while promoting dignity, choice and independence.

No two days are the same: you’ll work as part of a caring team, maintain accurate care records and participate in social activities to enrich residents’ lives. Experience isn’t essential, but a genuine, compassionate approach is valued.

Qualifications

• Experience and qualifications are acknowledged but not essential for this role.
• Values of empathy, respect and supportive care are important.
• Ability to work as part of a team in a care home environment.

Responsibilities

• 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
• promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
• completing and maintaining care records

Skills

Caring

Team player

Good communication

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Neville Court
Location: Kendray, Barnsley, S70 3HF
Contract type: Various hours available
Rate: £12.71 per hour
Care home CQC rating: Good

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Neville Court care home in Kendray, Barnsley.

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

This role will give you a tremendous sense of achievement and pride – you’ll be making a real difference each and every day.

About Exemplar Health Care

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

We support adults living with mental health conditions and neuro-disabilities such as brain injuries and Huntington’s disease. Some of the people we support display behaviours of concern.

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.

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
• resilient
• able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
• able to manage personal emotions in difficult circumstances
• a great team player
• able to complete all aspects of physical EPBS training to cope with the demands of the role
• energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can-do attitude
• a great listener and communicator.

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.

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.