Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

Blue Light Card eligibility

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

24/7 counselling and support

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care's Longley Park View in Sheffield is hiring Health Care Assistants to support adults living with complex care needs and dementia. The role offers the chance to make a real difference daily.

Shifts available include Short day, Starlight, Evening and Moonlight; induction and ongoing training are provided; we offer supportive development opportunities and a welcoming team environment. Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• No two days will be the same, but you’ll be supporting people with personal care and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• 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

Job description

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Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Longley Park View

Location: 70 Longley Lane, Sheffield, S5 7JZ

Contract type: Various shifts available part time or full time: Short day 8am - 6pm, Starlight shift 4pm - 11pm, Evening shift 5pm - 10pm or Moonlight shift 8pm - 12 am

Rate: £12.71 per hour (£12.81 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.

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.