Health Care Assistant - nights

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

Job summary

A leading care service provider is looking for a compassionate Health Care Assistant at Adswood Lodge Care Home in Stockport. In this role, you will support adults with complex care needs, assisting with personal care, meal times, and social activities. The ideal candidate is caring, understanding, and has a positive attitude. We value your dedication to providing exemplary care and offer competitive wages, learning opportunities, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Regular supervision and support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counseling and support

Qualifications

• Experience in caregiving is valued but not essential.
• Ability to work well with individuals with complex care needs.
• A positive and motivated outlook.

Responsibilities

• Supporting individuals with personal care needs.
• Assisting during meal times.
• Promoting independence and respect.
• Maintaining care records.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Energetic attitude

Ability to handle challenging situations

Job description

About Adswood Lodge Care Home

Care home: Adswood Lodge
Location: Stockport, SK3 8HZ
Contract type: Full and Part time shifts available
Rate: £12.21 per hour

Role Overview

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 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

What we value

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.

Your profile

• 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
• Put people at the heart of everything you do

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

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.