Health Care Assistant – weekend days

Exemplar Health Care; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card eligibility

Counselling support

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Health Care Assistant for weekend days at Lepton Heights, Huddersfield. You will help adults with complex care needs, support with personal care, meals, and daily activities while promoting dignity and independence.

Full induction and ongoing training are provided. The role offers rewarding work with opportunities to learn and progress within a leading care provider, and applicants must be authorized to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience in care is useful but not essential.
• Induction, buddy system and ongoing training provided.

Responsibilities

• Support adults with personal care and daily activities.
• Assist with meals and hydration during the day.
• Support health and wellbeing needs and monitor changes.
• Encourage participation in social activities inside and outside the home.
• Maintain care records with accuracy and dignity, privacy and respect.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Calm demeanor

Team player

Job description

# Health Care Assistant - weekend daysHuddersfield, HD8 0BG**Position**: Health Care Assistant – Weekend Days**Care home**: Lepton Heights **Location**: 36 Wakefield Road, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 0BG **Contract type**: 8.00am – 8.00pm or 10.00am – 6.00pm **Rate**: £12.71 per hour**Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as a Health Care Assistant at Lepton Heights care home in Huddersfield.**As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.### **About Exemplar Health Care**Lepton Heights is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.Lepton Heights supports adults living with complex needs, such as 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**.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 with Wagestream* 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.Apply