Health Care Assistant – bank

Exemplar Health Care; Castleford; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is recruiting a Health Care Assistant for the Fairburn Vale care home in Castleford. As a Health Care Assistant you will support adults with complex care needs and help them lead their best lives, delivering personalised care with dignity and respect.

The role offers induction, buddy support and ongoing training, with a bank contract and shifts across Castleford. You will join a caring team delivering high-quality care and daily living assistance.

Qualifications

• Experience not essential; induction, buddy and ongoing training provided.

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

# Health Care Assistant - bankCastleford, WF10 2PY**Position:**Health Care Assistant – Bank **Care home:**Fairburn Vale **Location:**Wheldon Road, Castleford, WF10 2PY **Contract type:** Bank **Rate:**£14.24 per hour **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 Fairburn Vale care home in Castleford.**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**Fairburn Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.We support adults living with complex mental health needs, brain injuries, physical disabilities 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**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.## **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] 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]