Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Hollywood; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Peer support

Career prospects

Wages on demand

Discounts

DBS check

Counselling support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is recruiting a Health Care Assistant for Maypole Grove care home in Birmingham. Join a team committed to supporting adults with complex mental health needs, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities.

You will help with personal care, meals, health and wellbeing, social activities, and maintain care records. No two days are the same, with induction and ongoing training offered. Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience not essential but valued.
• Above all, alignment with Exemplar Health Care values: fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
• Willingness to participate in induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

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, both in and out of the home
• promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
• completing and maintaining care records

Skills

caring

kind

understanding

calm

dealing with challenging situations

great listener

communication

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Maypole Grove

Location: 20 Maypole Grove, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 4LP

Contract type: 36, 42 or 48 Hours Per Week

Rate: £12.71 per hour (£12.81 on completion of Exemplar care certificate)

Care home CQC rating: Rated ‘Good’ by CQC

About Exemplar Health Care

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

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, neuro-disabilities 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.

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 care 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.

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.