Health Care Assistant - part time

Exemplar Health Care; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Wages before payday

Discounts on retail and lifestyle

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Health Care Assistant for Acer Mews care home in Ashton-under-Lyne. You will support residents with personal care, meals and daily activities, ensuring dignity and independence while maintaining accurate care records.

We value caring, calm individuals with good listening and communication skills. Training is provided; induction and ongoing development opportunities are available. UK work authorization required.

Qualifications

• Values relevant experience or qualifications.
• Caring, kind, understanding and calm.
• Great listener and communicator.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care.
• Assist with meals and hydration.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities in and out of the home.
• Promote dignity, independence and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Acer Mews

Location: Holden Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9JF

Contract type: 24 hours, 6pm-12am

Rate: £12.71 upon completion of Exemplar Care Certificate

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as a Health Care Assistant at Acer Mews care home in Ashton-under-Lyne.

About Exemplar Health Care

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

We support adults living with 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 or qualifications.

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.

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.

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.