Health Care Assistant – nights

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

Benefits offered by this job

Access to wages before payday

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care’s Otterburn care home in Birmingham is seeking a Health Care Assistant for night shifts. You will support adults with complex care needs to live their best lives, helping with personal care, meals, wellbeing, and social activities. You’ll promote dignity and independence while maintaining thorough care records and contributing to a compassionate team.

We offer induction, training, and a range of benefits. Competitive hourly rate and a schedule of 36 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Experience is not essential, but a caring nature is valued.
• Willingness to complete induction and training.
• Strong communication and listening skills.

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

Personal care

Meal times

Health and wellbeing

Social activities

Dignity and respect

Care records

Job description

# Health Care Assistant - nightsBirmingham, B14 6QX**Position**: Health Care Assistant **Care home:**Otterburn **Location**: Brandwood Park Road, Birmingham, B14 6QX **Contract type**: Full time, 36 hours per week NIGHTS **Rate**: £12.71 per hour (£12.81 upon completion of Exemplar care certificate) **Care home CQC rating**: Rated ‘Good’ by CQC**Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Otterburn care home in Birmingham.**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**Otterburn is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.We support adults living with dementia, complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities including Huntington’s disease and strokes.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].