Health Care Assistant – nights

Exemplar Health Care; Barnsley; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Wages access before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is hiring a Health Care Assistant for night shifts at Springfield Vale care home in Barnsley. You will support adults with complex care needs in a dementia-focused setting, delivering compassionate personal care and assisting with daily activities.

Join a new team in a modern, purpose-built home and contribute to high-quality care. Training, induction, and ongoing development opportunities are provided, with benefits including DBS, counselling, and wage access before payday.

Qualifications

• Experience not always required but a genuine care attitude is essential.
• Ability to communicate effectively with residents, families and colleagues.
• Willingness to participate in induction and ongoing training.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal care and daily living tasks.
• Support residents at meal times and monitor nutrition.
• Support health and wellbeing needs of residents.
• Encourage participation in social activities inside and outside the home.
• Promote dignity, independence and respect in all interactions.
• Complete and maintain care records accurately.

Skills

Caring

Compassionate

Teamwork

Communication

Hardworking

Job description

# Health Care Assistant - nightsBarnsley, S70 6HH**Position**: Health Care Assistant**Care home**: Springfield Vale **Location**: Perserverence Street, Barnsley, S70 6HD **Contract type**: Nights – 36 hours per week **Rate**: £12.71**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**.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].