Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Ledston; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Wage access before payday

Discounts for retail/lifestyle

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Health Care Assistant for Copperfields care home in Cross Green, Leeds. This part-time role offers shifts from 6pm to 12am, 10am to 6pm, and 6am to 10am with pay at £12.71 per hour, rising to £12.81 after completing the Exemplar Healthcare certificate.

You will support adults with complex care needs, helping them live their best lives and providing compassionate, person-centred care.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience and qualifications valued but not essential.
• Ability to care for others, communicate effectively and stay calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Support people with their personal care.
• Assist with meals and eating.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities inside and outside the home.
• Promote choice, dignity, independence and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Copperfields

Location: Cross Green, Leeds

Contract type: Part time hours – 6pm to 12am, 10am to 6pm, 6am to 10am available

Rate: £12.71 per hour (increasing to £12.81 upon completion of Exemplar Healthcare certificate)

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Copperfields care home in Cross Green, Leeds.

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

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

We support adults living with complex health needs and mixed diagnoses including brain injuries, dementia, mental health conditions, 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 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.

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.