Description
Care Assistant
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Position:Health Care Assistant
Care home:Lepton Heights
Location:36 Wakefield Road, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 0BG
Contract type:Full time and Part Time hours- 12 hour shifts
Rate:Up to 11.79 per hour depending on qualifications
New Home opening in January 2025
Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant atLepton Heightscare home inHuddersfield.
As a Health Care Assistant, youll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.
Lepton Heights care home is set to open in 2025, offering you a unique opportunity to be part of a brand-new team in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built home. This is your chance to truly make an impact!
And you can be proud to work for one of the countrys leading providers. The number of our homes rated Good and Outstanding far exceeds the national average.
About Exemplar Health Care
Lepton Heights is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the countrys leading nursing care providers.
When open, Lepton Heights will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.
Although the home is set to open in January 2025, youll begin a tailored induction one month prior.
This will give you the opportunity to learn about the company, meet your colleagues and complete your training, so you’re fully prepared when the home officially opens.
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 theirpersonal care
- assisting people atmeal times
- understanding individualhealth and wellbeingneeds
- encouraging and supporting people to take part insocial activities, both in and out of the home
- promoting choice,dignity, independence and respect
- completing and maintainingcare records.
We have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.
Download our job description to read more:
https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1029766837/
About you
We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they arent essential for this role.
Above all, youre someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
Youre 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.
Youll put people at the heart of everything you do.
If you havent worked in the care sector before, well 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 with Wagestream
- retail and lifestyle discounts
- free DBS check
- 24/7 counselling and support
- Blue Light Card eligibility.
How to apply
Sound good? Wed love to hear from you. Click the button to APPLY NOW.
Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. Were unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
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