Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Tees Valley; Remote; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Peer support

Learning opportunities

Career prospects

Wage access before payday

Retail discounts

Lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care in Stockton-on-Tees is seeking a Health Care Assistant for Tees Grange care home. You will support adults with complex care needs, promote dignity and independence, and assist with personal care and meals to help each resident live their best life.

The role offers full-time (10:00–22:00) or part-time (20:00–00:00) shifts, with benefits including DBS support, counselling, wage access before payday, and ongoing training through induction and buddy programs.

Qualifications

• Experience is essential for this role.
• You’re experienced in a care role, caring and calm.
• Great listener and communicator with a positive attitude.
• Energetic and outgoing, with a can-do approach.

Responsibilities

• Supporting people with their personal care.
• Assisting people at mealtimes.
• Understanding individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encouraging participation in social activities inside and outside the home.
• Promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect.
• Completing and maintaining care records.

Job description

# Health Care AssistantStockton-on-Tees, TS20 2PJ**Position**: Health Care Assistant **Care home**: Tees Grange **Location**: Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 2PH **Contract type**: Full time: 10am to 10pm & part time: 8pm to 12am shifts 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.Download our job description to read more:https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1029766837/## **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.## **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]*