Health Care Assistant
Exemplar Health Care
Bishop Auckland, County DurhamView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£29,556
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time
Closing date
Not specified
Job description
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Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Laurel Place
Location: Tindale Crescent, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6RG
Contract type: Permanent - full time or part time 12 hour shifts: 8am to 8pm and 8pm to 8am. Candidates must be flexible for night shifts
Rate: £14.21 per hour (increasing to £14.31 per hour on completion of Exemplar care certificate)
Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as a Health Care Assistant at Laurel Place care home in Bishop Auckland.
As a Health Care Assistant, youll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.
Laurel Place is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the countrys leading nursing care providers.
Laurel Place supports adults living with complex needs, such as 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.
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
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Sound good? Wed love to hear from you. Click the button to APPLY NOW.
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Adzuna
First seen
8 September 2026
Last checked
8 September 2026
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