Health Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Health Care Assistant at their Tees Grange care home in Stockton-on-Tees. This role supports adults with complex care needs, focusing on personal care, social activities, and maintaining individual dignity. Candidates should have relevant care experience and strong communication skills. Competitive pay and numerous perks are offered.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Regular supervision and career prospects

Qualifications

• Experience in a care role is essential.
• Candidates must be kind, calm, and understanding.
• Ability to handle challenging situations is a must.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care.
• Assist during meal times.
• Encourage participation in social activities.
• Maintain care records and promote dignity and respect.

Skills

Caring and understanding

Effective communication

Ability to handle challenging situations

Energetic and positive attitude

Job description

Overview

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Tees Grange
Location: Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 2PH
Contract type: 24, 36, 42 or 48 hours per week permanent
Rate: £12.21 per hour (£12.31 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. And you can be proud to work for one of the country’s leading providers. The number of our homes rated ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ far exceeds the national average.

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

We have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

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About you

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

• 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

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 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.