Support Worker

Exemplar Health Care; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Access to wages before payday

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Health Care Assistant (Support Worker) to join Meadowcroft care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield. You will help adults with complex mental health needs live their best lives, providing care, dignity and respect while working on a rota that includes weekends.

Role requires at least six months' care experience and a willingness to complete the Exemplar Care Certificate. You’ll join a supportive team with induction and ongoing training to develop your skills.

Qualifications

• Six months of care experience required.
• Care values and patient-centric approach.
• Willingness to complete Exemplar Care Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Encourage and assist with daily living skills and independence.
• Identify when someone is unwell and provide appropriate support.
• Assist with personal care such as washing, showering and dressing.

Skills

Compassionate care

Communication

Teamwork

Resilience

Job description

Position: Support Worker
Care home: Meadowcroft
Location: Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4BR
Contract type: Permanent 42 hours per week 12 hour shifts on a rota, includes weekend working
Rate: £13.21 per hour (increasing to £13.31 on completion on Exemplar Care Certificate)
Care home CQC rating: Good

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant (also known as Support Workers) at Meadowcroft care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll support adults living with complex mental health 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

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

We support adults living with 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:

• encouraging and engaging people in learning and developing their daily living skills and independence
• recognising when people are unwell and providing the appropriate support
• supporting people with their personal care such as getting washed, having a shower and getting dressed
• assisting people at meal times
• supporting people with their health and wellbeing needs
• encouraging people to take part in social activities, both inside and outside the home
• promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect at all times
• filling in care records.

Download our job description to read more: https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1029766837/

About you

We value relevant experience and qualifications, six months experience in a care setting is required but qualifications 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.

• 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.

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.