Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Huddersfield seeks a Health Care Assistant to support adults with complex care needs. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, meal times, and encouraging social activities. Ideal candidates are kind, understanding, and team-oriented. The role offers a full-time contract with competitive pay and various perks, including training and support, aimed at providing excellent care to those in need.

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

• Compassionate and cheerful personality.
• Able to deal with and defuse challenging situations.
• Energetic and outgoing with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care.
• Assist people at meal times.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage social activities both in and out of the home.
• Promote choice, dignity, independence, and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Teamwork

Understanding

Job description

£12.31 per hour on completion of Care Certificate

Care home:Lepton Heights
Location:36 Wakefield Road, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 0BG
Contract type: Full-time, 42 hours per week, 12 hour shifts, 8.00am - 8.00pm, including weekends
Rate: £12.31 per hour on completion of Care Certificate

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

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

About Exemplar Health Care

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

Lepton Heights supports adults living with complex needs, such as acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia 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

Download our job description to read more:

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.

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care began as a healthcare consultancy and training firm. But we soon saw a gap in the sector: a lack of care homes for younger adults living with complex needs.

That insight shaped the mission we still live by today - to transform complex care and provide fulfilling opportunities for the people who need it most.

We’re now proud to have more than 60 care homes across England, providing nursing care for adults living with dementia, neuro-disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities.

Whoever you are, and whatever experience you bring, there are lots of ways you can help us make every day better for the people we support.

What’s happening at Exemplar Health Care

The people we support have unique needs and stories, but one thing stays the same across all our homes - we empower individuals to achieve personal goals in a safe and supportive environment.

Every new colleague attends an induction to learn about our company and complete mandatory and role‑specific training, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional care.

Whether your goals are in care, nursing, management, quality or support, we provide the confidence, skills and knowledge to help you excel in your role and advance your career, if you wish.

Happy, healthy colleagues mean better care for those we support. We offer a range of initiatives to ensure our colleagues thrive in safe and supportive environments.

From paid RCNi Learning access and NMC PIN payments for nurses to lifestyle and retail discounts for everyone, our rewards ensure your career is as fulfilling as it is rewarding.

From care homes to central support services, everyone plays a vital role. Hear from colleagues across various roles about what it’s like to work with us.

Lepton Heights is just off the A642/Wakefield Road next to The Ashfield Lepton Liberal Working Men's Club.

There are limited parking spaces in the home’s car park. Street parking is available along Wakefield Road.

Public transport to Lepton Heights

The home is a short walk from several bus stops.

Quarry Lane bus stop on both sides(stop IDs: 45020665 and 45024122), which is accessed by buses 231, 232, and D2 Denby Darts.

Penistone Road stop C bus stop, which is accessed by buses D1 Denby Darts, D3 Denby Darts, and X41.

Waterloo Rise bus stop, which is accessed by bus 372 HD Connect.

There's also a train station in the area.

Huddersfield - 2.7 miles away(10 minute drive).