Position : Health Care Assistant Care home : The Lodge Location : Swallownest, S26 4WB Contract type : Various Hours Available Rate : £11.44 up to £11.79 per hour depending on experience 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.
As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.
This role will give you a tremendous sense of achievement and pride – you’ll be making a real difference each and every day.
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
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 .
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
Adaptable.
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 pod7@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.