Health Care Assistant

Job description

Health Care Assistant
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Position:Health Care Assistant
Care home:Fairburn Vale
Location:Wheldon Road, Castleford, WF10 2PY
Contract type:Full time, 24, 36, 42, 48 hours per week
Rate:£13.81 on completion of care certificate
Care home CQC rating:Rated Good by CQC

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant atFairburn Valecare home in Castleford.

As a Health Care Assistant, youll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.

This role will give you a tremendous sense of achievement and pride youll be making a real difference each and every day.

About Exemplar Health Care

Fairburn Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the countrys leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, brain injuries, physical disabilities and neuro-disabilities including Huntingtons disease and Parkinsons disease.

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 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 theirpersonal care
• assisting people atmeal times
• understanding individualhealth and wellbeingneeds
• encouraging and supporting people to take part insocial activities, both in and out of the home
• promoting choice,dignity, independence and respect
• completing and maintainingcare records.

About you

We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they arent essential for this role.

Above all, youre someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Youre 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.

Youll put people at the heart of everything you do.

If you havent worked in the care sector before, well 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.

How to apply

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Fryston

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

07-05-2026

Profession type

Health / Medical

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English