Healthcare Assistant

Apollo Home Healthcare; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A national care provider in Sheffield is looking for kind and caring Personal Assistants to support a teenager transitioning home from hospital. You will engage in activities like theatre and baking, while providing personal care and support with daily living tasks. This role offers a competitive hourly pay, flexible scheduling, and funded training opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive hourly pay

Flexible scheduling

Funded training

24/7 on-call support

Qualifications

• 3 months' care experience required.
• Ability to support daily living tasks.

Responsibilities

• Attend meet and greet and shadowing sessions.
• Engage in activities aligned with client interests.
• Support the client with personal care.

Skills

Clear communication skills

Confident with medication

Experience with personal care

Moving and handling

Job description

Overview

They\'re a 14-year-old teenager who\'s getting ready to leave hospital and head home with their mom in Sheffield. They enjoy keeping themselves busy by attending theatre groups, reading books at the library, going to the park and baking a variety of food. To help them on this important journey, we\'re looking for kind and caring Personal Assistants to join their care team. Your role is to support building meaningful relationships through engaging in their interests and activities.

Responsibilities

• Attend a meet and greet and shadowing sessions at hospital before discharge.
• 3 months\' care experience.
• Confident with medication, personal care, moving and handling.
• Clear communication skills.
• Support the client with daily living tasks and personal care as appropriate.
• Engage in activities aligned with their interests (theatre, reading, parks, baking) to build meaningful relationships.

About Apollo Home Healthcare

At Apollo Home Healthcare, we provide high-quality, person-centred care to people in the comfort of their own homes. Every individual we support has unique needs — we tailor every care package to them, building a compassionate and skilled team around their requirements.

• We live by the 6 Cs: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.
• Apollo Home Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer, advertising numerous vacancies on behalf of our clients; these specific requirements do not reflect the views of our organisation.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly pay with enhancements for nights and weekends.
• Regular confirmed rotas and flexible scheduling.
• Reward & recognition programme.
• Supportive management and 24/7 on-call support.
• Opportunity to grow within a values-led, national care provider.
• Funded training, including clinical skills, comes at no cost to you, though attendance is unpaid.