Health Care Assistant – weekend nights

Exemplar Health Care; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wagestream access

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care's Lepton Heights care home in Huddersfield is hiring a Health Care Assistant for weekend night shifts (8pm-8am or 10pm-6am). You will support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives, helping with personal care, meals and wellbeing.

No prior care experience is essential; we provide induction, buddy support and ongoing training. You’ll work with a friendly team to promote dignity, independence and social activity while maintaining care records.

Qualifications

• Experience in care not essential; induction and buddy system provided.
• Ability to engage with adults with complex care needs and promote dignity.

Responsibilities

• Support personal care for residents.
• Assist with meals and promote wellbeing.
• Encourage participation in social activities and maintain dignity.
• Promote independence and document care records.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Calm

Active listening

Job description

# Health Care Assistant - weekend nightsHuddersfield, HD8 0BG**Position**: Health Care Assistant – Weekend Nights**Care home**: Lepton Heights **Location**: 36 Wakefield Road, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 0BG **Contract type**: 8.00pm – 8.00am or 10.00pm – 6.00am **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