Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK seeks a Health Care Assistant for twilight hours at Willowbeck, Sheffield. The role involves supporting individuals with personal care, assisting during meals, and promoting dignity and independence. Applicants should be caring and enthusiastic, with no prior experience necessary as comprehensive training will be provided. The position offers various hourly contracts with a pay rate starting at £12.71 per hour and attractive perks including career development opportunities and access to wages before payday.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Regular supervision and peer support

Qualifications

• Experience is valued but not essential for this role.
• Must identify with the company's values.

Responsibilities

• Support people with their personal care.
• Assist people at meal times.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities.
• Promote choice, dignity, independence, and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring

Listening

Communication

Problem-solving

Job description

Overview

Position: Health Care Assistant - Twilight Hours

Care home: Willowbeck

Location: 95 Holywell Road, Sheffield, S4 8AR

Contract type: 6pm - 12pm. Weekend availability required. Various hourly contracts available.

Rate: £12.71 per hour (increasing to £12.81 upon completion of Exemplar care certificate)

About Exemplar Health Care

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

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, neurological conditions including brain injuries and strokes, and physical disabilities. The team is trained to support those living with tracheostomies and require ventilated care.

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].

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.