Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 10,000 - GBP 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Barnsley is looking for a Health Care Assistant to join their team at Springfield Vale. The role involves supporting adults with complex care needs, providing personal care, and assisting with social activities. No prior experience is necessary, and training will be provided. The ideal candidate is caring and motivated, ready to help make a positive difference. Competitive pay at £12.21 per hour along with various perks. Interested candidates can apply via the provided contact details.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Regular supervision and support

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Identifies with the values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork.
• Able to deal with and defuse challenging situations.
• Great listener and communicator.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care.
• Assist individuals during meal times.
• Encourage participation in social activities.
• Promote dignity, independence, and respect.

Skills

caring

understanding

communication

energy

positive attitude

Job description

Care home:Springfield Vale
Location:Perserverence Street, Barnsley, S70 6HD
Contract type:Various Hours Available
Rate:£12.21 per hour

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Springfield Vale care home in Barnsley.

As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll be part of a supportive team and help make every day better for the people we support. You’ll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives while also developing valuable skills and experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built home. You’ll have the chance to really make your mark.

About Exemplar Health Care

Springfield Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

When open, Springfield Vale will provide nursing care for adults living with complex needs arising from dementia.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

Be part of the future in care home design

This is an incredibly exciting time to join us and be a part of a ‘first’ for Exemplar Health Care.

We’ve partnered with Sterling University to design Springfield Vale as a purpose-built home, that follows their principles of dementia design, creating an environment that supports the cognitive and physical needs of people with dementia.

Once open, you’ll work towards achieving Sterling Universities accreditation and making Springfield Vale a leading home for complex dementia care.

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 .

Download our job description to read more:

Qualifications

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.

• 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.

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.