Health Care Assistant - days

Exemplar Health Care; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Wages paid before payday

Retail discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care's Springfield Vale care home in Barnsley is seeking a Health Care Assistant to join a brand new team in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built home caring for adults with complex dementia needs.

You will support residents with personal care, meals and daily activities, maintain records and promote dignity and independence while enjoying a supportive team, induction and ongoing training.

Qualifications

• Experience or qualifications are not essential for this role.
• Values: fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
• Willing to participate in induction and ongoing training.

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

Caring

Compassionate

Cheerful

Communication

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Springfield Vale

Location: Perserverence Street, Barnsley, S70 6HD

Contract type: Days - 36 hours per week

Rate: £12.71 per hour

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Springfield Vale care home in Barnsley which is a specialist Dementia service.

As a Health Care Assistant, you'll be part of a supportive team and help make every day better for the people we support. You'll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives while also developing valuable skills and experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built home. You'll have the chance to really make your mark.

About Exemplar Health Care

Springfield Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

When open, Springfield Vale will provide nursing care for adults living with complex needs arising from dementia.

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

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.

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.