Senior Health Care Assistant

**Position**: Senior Health Care Assistant

**Care home**: Fernwood
**Location**: 239 Knowsley Lane, Knowsley, L36 8EL
**Contract type**: full time and part time hours
**Rate**: £12 per hour

**We are holding a Recruitment Open day on Monday 1st July at our Fernwood Care Home in Knowsley - 239 Knowsley Lane, Knowsley, L36 8EL; You can pop in during the day between 10am - 4pm.**

**Recruiting for Care Assistants, Senior Care Assistants and Nurses**

**Come along to our recruitment open day to take a tour of the home, meet our service users and chat to the team.**

**Applications available on the day. Experience in care preferred. Please bring photo ID and proof of address with you.**

**We cannot offer sponsorship at this event.**

**If you’re an experienced Health Care Assistant looking to take your next career step, we have the role for you.**

Our Senior Health Care Assistants work closely with our Nurse in Charge to lead a small Care Team in delivering high-quality care for the people we support.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built home. You’ll have the chance to really make your mark. Join us as our new Senior Health Care Assistant at Fernwood care home in Knowsley.

**About Exemplar Health Care**:
Fernwood is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

When open, Fernwood will specialise in supporting adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.

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 Senior Health Care Assistants work closely with the Nurse in Charge and lead our Care Teams in supporting every aspect of our residents’ day-to-day lives.

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
- leading, motivating and **supporting a team** of care colleagues
- ensuring that **care documentation** is completed to a high standard.

We have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

Download our job description to read more:
**About you**:
Above all, you’re someone who identifies 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 escalate
- a motivating team leader.

**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’.

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.