Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Hull and East Yorkshire; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to wages before payday

Free DBS check

Blue Light Card eligible

24/7 counselling and support

Discounts & lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Health Care Assistant for St Andrew’s Court in Hull. You will support adults with complex care needs, assisting with personal care, meals and daily wellbeing, and helping residents live their best lives in a compassionate environment.

Full induction and ongoing training are provided. This role offers varied shifts, opportunities to progress, and supportive teams committed to high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Experience not essential; induction and training provided.
• Caring, kind, understanding and calm disposition.
• Energetic, outgoing with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Great listener and communicator.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care.
• Assist with meals and dining during the day.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities inside and outside the home.
• Promote dignity, independence and respect; maintain care records.

Skills

Caring

Compassion

Communication

Listening

Job description

# Health Care AssistantHull, HU3 5QE**Position**: Health Care Assistant **Location**: Hull, HU3 **Contract type**: Various shifts available, including 8:00am–8:00pm, and 8:00pm–8:00am. **Rate**: £12.81 on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate **Care home CQC rating**: Rated ‘Good’ by CQC**Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at St Andrew’s Court care home in Hull.**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**St Andrew’s Court is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.We support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia and neuro-disabilities including brain injuries, Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.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: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 us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail] 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.We will never ask for payment for job opportunities. Any website or individual requesting money for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) while claiming to represent us is not associated with our organisation. If you’re asked for money in connection with a role, please contact [e-mail].