Health Care Assistant - days

Exemplar Health Care; Stockport; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A care home provider is seeking a Health Care Assistant at Adswood Lodge in Stockport. You will support adults with complex needs, assisting with personal care, meals, and social activities. Ideal candidates are caring, kind, and possess strong communication skills. Relevant experience is valued but not required, as training will be provided. Enjoy various perks including career development and access to wages before payday. Join us and make a meaningful difference every day.

Benefits

Regular supervision and peer support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare roles is valued but not essential.
• Must align with the organization's values of integrity and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with their personal care.
• Assist with meal times and engage in social activities.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring and compassionate

Communication skills

Ability to handle challenging situations

Teamwork

Positive attitude

Job description

Care home:Adswood Lodge
Location:Stockport, SK3 8HZ
Contract type:Permanent
Rate:£12.21 per hour

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Adswood Lodge care home in Stockport.

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

Adswood Lodge 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 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].

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.