Senior Care Assistant - Nights

NHS; Beaconsfield; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury care home provider in Canada is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to support the Care team in delivering high standards of personal care. The ideal candidate will have an NVQ 3 or equivalent and at least 2 years of experience in a care environment. This role involves monitoring resident wellbeing, supporting medication needs, and acting as a key contact for residents and health professionals. Join a warm and dedicated team committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in a similar care environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Support and work alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care.
• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident and update care plans.
• Support residents with medication requirements.

Skills

Effective communication

Positive attitude

Responsiveness

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent in care

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across over 100 homes. They strive to create meaningful experiences for residents and team members, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together". Avery is a place where people love to work, providing a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support our teams, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Senior Care Assistant to join our award-winning team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant is to support and work alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, creating a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff. Other responsibilities will include:

• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident, note any changes affecting care and care plans, ensure new needs are met, and update written records accordingly.
• Be involved in the person-centred care planning process by implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations.
• Support residents with their medication requirements.
• Undertake staff supervisions and support staff development where required.
• Act as a key point of contact for residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals, ensuring reasonable requests are acted upon and concerns or complaints escalated as needed.

About you

To be successful, you will demonstrate Avery's values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all you do. Our ideal candidate must:

• Have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
• Have 2 years’ experience working in a similar care environment.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Have a positive attitude to supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
• Be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we are a place where people love to work. We believe the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Requirements

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Additional information

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Qualification and Disclosure

Person Specification and Qualifications: To be successful, you will need an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes, and 2 years’ experience in a similar care environment. You must have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, a positive attitude to supporting and nurturing residents and staff, and be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the DBS to check for any previous convictions.