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 Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Lepton Heights care home in Huddersfield. As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll 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 country’s 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 country’s 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, you’ll 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. In the meantime, we'll stay in touch via email or WhatsApp, sharing regular updates on the progress of your new workplace. 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 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, giving you more time to spend with the people you support. 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. 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 with Wagestream 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 pod1@exemplarhc.com. 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.
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Exemplar Health Care is one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex needs. We support adults support adults living with mental health conditions, dementia, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities. The people we support would often be in a hospital or higher acuity setting if not placed with us. Our nursing care enables them to stay in the community and reduces hospital and secure facility admission. We have a range of care, nursing, management, care home support and central services job vacancies available. Our roles offer secure and stable employment, with great rewards and perks, and excellent learning and development opportunities. Working with us gives you a tremendous sense of achievement and pride – you’ll be making a real difference each and every day.