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 Health Care Assistant to support adults living with complex care needs. In this rewarding role, you will help individuals with their personal care, meal times, and social activities. Ideal candidates are caring, understanding, and possess strong communication skills. No prior experience required as training provided. The position offers various rewards and perks, making a genuine difference in people's lives every day.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Career prospects

Qualifications

• No prior experience or qualifications necessary, but relevant experience valued.
• Must be caring, kind, understanding, and calm.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care and meal times.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities.
• Promote dignity, independence, and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring and understanding

Communication skills

Ability to deal with challenging situations

Energetic and outgoing attitude

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Longley Park View
Location: 70 Longley Lane, Sheffield, S5 7JZ
Contract type: Full time and part time hours available
Rate: £12.21 per hour (£12.31 per hour upon 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 Longley Park View 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

Longley Park View 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.

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, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

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.

• 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.

For more details, visit https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1029766837/.

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.