Support Worker Days and Nights

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider is seeking a compassionate Health Care Assistant at The Lodge in Swallownest. Your role will involve supporting individuals with learning disabilities to achieve their personal goals and maintain independence. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, meal preparation, and completing care records. While experience is valued, it is not essential. Join a supportive team where you will put people first and benefit from career development opportunities.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Regular supervision and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in health care or social care preferred, but not essential.
• Ability to work in a team and put people first.

Responsibilities

• Supporting people to achieve their personal goals.
• Encouraging independence in day-to-day lives.
• Helping with personal care and meal preparation.
• Completing and maintaining care records.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Adaptability

Ability to defuse challenging situations

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: The Lodge
Location: Swallownest, S26 4WB
Contract type: Various Hours Available - Days and Nights staff needed
Rate: £12.31 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 The Lodge learning disability service in Swallownest.

About Exemplar Health Care

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

We support six adults with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities.

With this small group living, we provide a homely environment for the people we support.

With us, you’ll be mindful that you’re working in people’s home and understand that every day is led by what the people living at The Lodge want to do. Flexibility and adaptability is a must.

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 to achieve their personal goals
• encouraging and supporting people to be in control of their day to day lives
• enabling people to access their hobbies and interests and be part of their local community
• supporting people with their personal care
• assisting people at meal times by promoting choice and involvement in all aspects of meal preparation
• understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
• 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
• adaptable

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do.

What we offer

• 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

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].

Please 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.