Senior Health Care Assistant – Days
Position: Senior Health Care Assistant
Care home: Lakeview
Location: Leigh, Wigan
Contract type: Full time – 42 hours per week. Days only.
Rate: £13.27 per hour.
About Exemplar Health Care
Lakeview 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, dementia, neuro‑disabilities including Huntington’s disease, and physical disabilities.
We offer stable and secure employment opportunities, great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.
About the Role
Our Senior Health Care Assistants work closely with the Nurse in Charge to lead a small Care Team in delivering high‑quality care for the people we support. No two days will ever be the same.
Key responsibilities 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.
- Leading, motivating and supporting a team of care colleagues.
- Ensuring that care documentation is completed to a high standard.
About You
Above all, you identify with our 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, able to build trust and rapport with people.
- Comfortable working on your own initiative – but you know when to raise issues.
- A motivating team leader.
Qualifications
You must have relevant experience and a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social care, plus Maths and English at GCSE Grade C or above (or a relevant functional skills qualification).
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.
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