Care home: Adswood Lodge
Location: Stockport, SK3 8HZ
Contract type: Bank contract
Rate: £13.68 per hour
Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Adswood Lodge care home in Stockport.
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.
Adswood Lodge is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs. We support adults living with complex mental health needs and neuro disabilities including Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Our new home, opened in April 2023, offers stable and secure employment opportunities, great benefits, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.
About the role
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, with up to six colleagues on each unit that supports around ten people, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.
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.
* 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
* puts 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
* 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
To apply, click here to apply online.
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