Support Worker

Exemplar Health Care; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Wages before payday

Discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care's Quarryfields in Balby, Doncaster, is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support adults with complex care needs. The role involves personal care, mealtime support and promoting independence, with a duty to maintain accurate care records.

You will work across varied shifts (08:00–20:00, 09:00–15:00, 10:00–16:00 & 17:00–23:00) as part of a dedicated team, with induction and ongoing training.

Qualifications

• Experience in care sector not essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills and empathy valued.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Caring

Compassionate

Good communicator

Calm under pressure

Job description

Support Worker

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Quarryfields

Location: Balby, Doncaster, DN4 8EP

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 08:00 – 20:00, 09:00 – 15:00, 10:00 – 16:00 & 17:00 – 23:00

Rate: £12.81 on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate

Care home CQC rating: Rated 'Good' by CQC

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Quarryfields learning disability service in Balby.

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.

About Exemplar Health Care

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

We support adults living with a learning disability and/or autism, and complex mental health needs.

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.

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
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.