Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Join Exemplar Health Care as a Health Care Assistant at Fairwinds care home in Rotherham, supporting adults with complex care needs. Your responsibilities will include personal care assistance, promoting independence, and engaging residents in social activities. Enjoy the fulfillment of making a real difference in people's lives while being part of a leading care provider.

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

• Able to deal with challenging situations effectively.
• Energetic and outgoing with a positive attitude.
• Great listener and communicator.

Responsibilities

• Supporting people with personal care.
• Assisting people at meal times.
• Encouraging participation in social activities.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Calmness

Job description

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Health Care Assistant

Fairwinds, Rotherham

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Fairwinds

Location: Rotherham, S61 1AJ

Contract type: Various hours available

Rate: Up to £12.56 per hour (Depending on qualifications)

Care home CQC rating: Outstanding

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

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.

And, you can be proud to work for one of the country’s leading providers. The number of our homes rated ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ far exceeds the national average.

About Exemplar Health Care

Fairwinds is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs. The home has two small units - one that's exclusively for people who identify as female.

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.
  
  

We have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers. There are usually up to six colleagues on each unit that supports around ten people, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

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]

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.