Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 18,198 - 18,335; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

DBS check

Wages before payday

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Willowbeck care home in Sheffield is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support adults with complex care needs. The role offers 12-hour day shifts from 8am to 8pm, with pay of £13.21 per hour (rising to £13.31 on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate).

Join a compassionate team at Exemplar Health Care, where you’ll help with personal care, meals, and wellbeing, while maintaining records and promoting dignity and independence. Previous care experience preferred; DBS check provided.

Qualifications

• Six months experience in a care setting is required; qualifications aren’t essential.
• Able to demonstrate Exemplar Health Care values: fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support people with their personal care
• Assist people at meal times
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs
• Encourage and support participation in social activities
• Promote choice, dignity, independence and respect
• Complete and maintain care records

Skills

Caring

Empathy

Communication

Job description

Position Details

£13.21 per hour (£13.31 per hour on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate)

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Willowbeck

Location: 95 Holywell Road, Sheffield, S4 8AR

Contract type: 12 hour shifts, Days only 8am to 8pm

Rate: £13.21 per hour (£13.31 upon completion of Exemplar Care Certificate)

About the role

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

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.

Day‑to‑day responsibilities

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

Qualifications and experience

We value relevant experience and qualifications. Six months experience in a care setting is required but qualifications 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.

Personal qualities

• 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

What we offer

• 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

About Exemplar Health Care

Willowbeck is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. We support adults living with complex mental health needs, neurological conditions including brain injuries and strokes, and physical disabilities. The team is trained to support those living with tracheostomies and require ventilated care.

Our values and support

We offer great rewards and perks including learning opportunities and career prospects. We’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

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].

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.