Care Assistant - Days

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Parkside care home in Tipton., 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, promoting choice and respecting preferences
understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home, based on their personal interests and hobbies
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
reliable and accountable.
You'll put people at the heart of everything you do.

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
Parkside is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country's leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex mental illness, physical disabilities and neuro-disabilities including brain injuries.

We're proud to have a long-standing team at all levels. In our last colleague survey, 96% of colleagues said they feel they make a difference in their work here, and 96% said they can access training to support them in their role.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

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.