Position
Health Care Assistant
Care home
Wytham Lodge
Location
Wytham Street, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 7DX
Contract type
Various hours available 8am-8pm, 9am-5.30pm, 8pm–2am, 6pm-12am
Rate
£12.81 upon completion of exemplar care certificate
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
About you
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’ll be:
* 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
We’ll provide induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes if you haven’t worked in the care sector before.
What we offer
* 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
We are an equal opportunity employer. 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. We will never ask for payment for job opportunities. If you’re asked for money in connection with a role, please contact us.
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