Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Wages before payday

Discounts (retail & lifestyle)

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling & support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care’s Parkside care home in Tipton is seeking a Health Care Assistant to provide compassionate support to adults with complex care needs. You will work as part of a caring team, delivering personal care, meals and social activities to help residents live their best lives.

We value warmth, reliability and good communication. You’ll benefit from induction, ongoing training, staff support and opportunities to develop your skills within a respected national provider.

Qualifications

• Experience in the care sector is not essential.
• Aligned with Exemplar Health Care values (fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, teamwork).
• You are a good listener and communicator.

Responsibilities

• Supporting people with their personal care.
• Assisting at meal times, promoting choice and respecting preferences.
• Understanding individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encouraging participation in social activities in and out of the home.
• Promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect.
• Completing and maintaining care records.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Empathy

Calm under pressure

Reliability

Teamwork

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Parkside
Location: Tipton, DY4 9HJ
Contract type: Full time, 36 hours per week
Rate: £12.71 per hour (£12.81 on 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 Parkside care home in Tipton.

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

Parkside is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex mental illness, physical disabilities and neuro-disabilities including brain injuries.

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, promoting choice and respecting preferences
• understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
• encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home, based on their personal interests and hobbies
• promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
• completing and maintaining care records.

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
• reliable and accountable.

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.

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].