Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Sheffield is seeking a compassionate Night Health Care Assistant to join their team at Willowbeck care home. This role involves supporting adults with complex care needs, promoting dignity and independence, and maintaining care records. Experience in the care sector is not essential, making it an excellent opportunity for those new to the field. The position offers competitive compensation at £12.71 per hour and includes perks like training, career prospects, and peer support.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• No previous care experience required; training provided.
• Must align with Exemplar Health Care values: fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care needs.
• Assist at meal times and promote independence.
• Maintain care records and support social activities.

Skills

Caring

Understanding

Communication

Positive attitude

Ability to handle challenges

Job description

Position: Nights Health Care Assistant

Care home: Willowbeck

Location: 95 Holywell Road, Sheffield, S4 8AR

Contract type: Days & Nights - Full and part time contracts available. Flexibility required

Rate: £12.71 per hour (£12.81 upon completion of Exemplar Care Certificate)

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.

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.

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].

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.

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].