Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Spennymoor; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision, peer support, and

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is hiring a Health Care Assistant for Tees Grange care home in Stockton-on-Tees, Norton TS20 2PH. The role is permanent with various contracts and a starting rate of £12.71 per hour (£12.81 on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate).

You will support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives and be part of a supportive, values-driven team. Your day-to-day responsibilities include personal care, meal assistance, maintaining care records and promoting

Qualifications

• Experience in a care role.
• 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.

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.

Skills

Care experience

Compassionate

Calm under pressure

Positive attitude

Communication

Job description

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Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Tees Grange

Location: Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 2PH

Contract type: Permanent. Various contracts available

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

Are you an experienced, caring and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Tees Grange care home in Stockton-on-Tees.

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

Tees Grange 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 and neuro-disabilities, including Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease.

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.

About You

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also…

• experienced in a care role
• 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.

Experience is essential for this role, and 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.