Health Care Assistant DAYS ONLY

Exemplar Ltd; Bloomfield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in Bloomfield is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support adults with complex care needs. Your role will include assisting with personal care, social activities, and meal times. We value a caring and outgoing individual who can communicate effectively. Offers include professional development and a range of benefits. Join us in making a real difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Regular supervision and support

Qualifications

• Relevant experience preferred but not essential.
• Must identify with company values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care.
• Assist at meal times, promoting choices.
• Encourage participation in social activities.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Ability to defuse challenging situations

Positive attitude

Reliability

Job description

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.

We have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

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.

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. And you can be proud to work for one of the country's leading providers. The number of our homes rated "" and "Outstanding" far exceeds the national average. 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. We're proud to have a long‑standing team at all levels. In our last colleague survey, 96% of colleagues said they feel they make a difference in their work here, and 96% said they can access training to support them in their role. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

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

• 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.