Health Care Assistant – Weekend Days

Exemplar Health Care; West Yorkshire; Presencial; GBP 26 000 - 30 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Wagestream access

Discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling

Blue Light Card

Resumo da oferta

Exemplar Health Care invites applications for a Health Care Assistant on weekend days at Lepton Heights care home in Huddersfield. The post is based at 36 Wakefield Road, Fenay Bridge, with shifts likely running 8:00–8:00 or 10:00–18:00 and a pay rate of £12.71 per hour.

We welcome caring individuals who can support adults with complex needs and help maintain dignity, independence and wellbeing in a supportive team environment at Lepton Heights.

Qualificações

• Experience not required, but a caring nature is essential.
• Alignment with Exemplar Health Care values: fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Responsabilidades

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

Conhecimentos

Caring

Communication

Calm under pressure

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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.

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.

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.

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.