Health Care Assistants

Exemplar Ltd; Codnor CP; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support adults with complex care needs at Yarningdale care home in Ripley. You will help with personal care, meal times, and daily activities, making a real difference to residents' lives.

We value caring, compassionate individuals and provide extensive support, supervision, and opportunities for progression. A positive, empathetic attitude and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Empathy and patience to support adults with complex needs.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• No formal qualifications required.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Caring nature

Compassionate

Great listener

Good communication

Job description

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Yarningdale care home in Ripley. As a Health Care Assistant, you'll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives. This role will give you a tremendous sense of achievement and pride - you'll be making a real difference each and every day., 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. 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.

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

About Exemplar Health Care

We're one of the UK's leading providers of nursing care for adults living with complex needs, with more than 60 care homes across England. Everything we do is guided by our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork. This creates a supportive environment where colleagues can grow and make every day better for the people we support.

• 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., Yarningdale is a short drive from the M1 and other major roads including the A610 Cromford Road and A38.
• If you're travelling on the M1, follow the M1 and A610 to Heanor Road/A6007 in Codnor.
• If you're travelling on the A38, follow the A38 and A610 to Heanor Road/A6007 in Codnor.

Yarningdale is situated on Hollywell Avenue just off Heanor Road/A6007. There are limited parking spaces in the home's car park. Street parking is available along Hollywell Avenue. The home is a short walk from several bus stops.

• Hollywell Avenue bus stop in both directions (stop IDs: dbsdpgaw and dbsdpgat), which are accessed by buses H1 and Rainbow one.

The nearest train station is Langley Mill which is 3.2 miles away (8 minute drive).