Support Worker - Nights

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

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Health Care Assistant in Sunderland to support individuals with personal care and engage them in social activities. Candidates should have over 6 months of experience in a care role and display a caring and positive attitude. The position involves working nights and offers competitive pay and great perks, including access to wages before payday and discounts.

Benefits

Regular supervision and peer support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• More than 6 months previous experience in a care role.
• Caring, kind, understanding, and calm personality.
• Ability to deal with and defuse challenging situations.
• Energetic and outgoing with a positive attitude.
• Great listener and communicator.

Responsibilities

• Supporting people with their personal care.
• Assisting people at meal times.
• Understanding individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encouraging participation in social activities.
• Promoting choice, dignity, independence, and respect.
• Completing and maintaining care records.

Job description

Overview

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Hylton Grange
Location: 1 Poole Road, Sunderland, SR4 0HG
Contract type: Nights only 8pm to 8am shifts. 24, 36, 42 or 48 hours per week
Rate: £12.21 per hour (£12.31 on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate)

About Exemplar Health Care

Hylton Grange is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs. Hylton Grange supports 30 adults living with complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities including Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease across three units. We offer stable and secure employment opportunities, great benefits and perks, and 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 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 have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers. There are usually up to six colleagues on each unit that supports around ten people, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork. You’re also…

• experienced, with more than 6 months previous experience in a care role
• 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. Experience is essential for this role, and 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

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 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.