Health Care Assistant - days

Exemplar Health Care; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Peer support

Career prospects

Wages before payday

Retail discounts

Free DBS check

Counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Health Care Assistant at Hamilton Springs in Pontefract. You will support adults with complex care needs to live as independently as possible, delivering compassionate care within a welcoming home environment.

Your duties include personal care, mealtime support, and maintaining care records, with induction and training provided to help you thrive in a supportive team.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required.
• Previous care experience is appreciated but not essential.
• Willingness to complete induction and training.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal care and daily activities.
• Support residents at meal times and monitoring wellbeing.
• Maintain accurate care records and documentation.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Empathy

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Hamilton Springs

Location: Westfield Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2JY

Contract type: Permanent - Full Time or Part Time - Days

Rate: £13.71 per hour

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as a Health Care Assistant at Hamilton Springs care home in Pontefract.

As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.

About Exemplar Health Care

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

Hamilton Springs supports adults living with complex needs, such as acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.

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.