Health Care Assistant Part time hours

Medical Update Online; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision & peer support

Wages access before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care Woolston House in Warrington is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support adults with complex care needs in a brand-new, state-of-the-art home.

This part-time role (8pm–12am), weekends included, offers an hourly rate of £13.21 and opportunities to develop within a supportive team, with induction and ongoing training.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in care is not essential but welcomed.
• You identify with Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
• A caring, kind and patient approach is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support residents with personal care and daily living activities.
• Assist residents at meal times.
• Understand and respond to health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities inside and outside the home.
• Promote choice, dignity, independence and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring and compassionate

Great listener

Communication skills

Calm under pressure

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Woolston House
Location: Woolston, Warrington
Contract type: Part time - 8pm to 12am (suitable for students) - Weekends included
Rate: £13.21 per hour

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Woolston House care home in Warrington.

As a Health Care Assistant, you ll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team, in a state of the art home. You ll have the chance to really make your mark.

About Exemplar Health Care

Woolston House is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, neuro-disabilities including brain injuries and strokes, Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease, 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 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.