Full time Day Senior Care Assistant

Prime Life; Stickney; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A residential care home in Stickney is seeking a Day Senior Care Assistant to lead a care team and support residents with various needs. The role offers an hourly pay between £13.30 to £14.33 depending on qualifications. Candidates must have a genuine caring nature and prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support worker. The position emphasizes preserving residents' dignity and independence. Comprehensive training and a supportive environment are provided.

Benefits

Hourly pay range of £13.30 - £14.33

Opportunities for career progression

Fully funded DBS

Comprehensive holiday pay

Refer a Friend scheme up to £250

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support worker is essential.
• Must be patient, understanding, and respectful towards residents.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the care team, ensuring high quality care.
• Review care plans regularly and engage with residents.
• Administer and record medication accurately.
• Promote residents' dignity and independence.

Skills

Caring nature

Patience

Understanding

Job description

Overview

Make a difference every day and give back to your community! This role will be based at The Old Rectory in Stickney, Lincolnshire. The home has been specially designed to cater to the everyneed of 42 residents, living with a range of age-related conditions, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health conditions, and as such require dignified support from our caring team. Additionally, some of our residents live with Dementia. The home focuses on reabling residents to achieve maximum independence and recovery following physical and mental illness. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.

Benefits of becoming our Day Senior Care Assistant

• Hourly rates of pay ranging from £13.30 to £14.33 per hour dependent upon qualification level
• Opportunities to learn and progress with the support of our dedicated Quality Matters team
• Fully funded DBS
• Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme that rewards you for your commitment to care
• Fantastic Refer a Friend scheme, offering up to £250 per successful candidate!

Responsibilities of our Day Senior Care Assistant include

• Leading, managing and supporting your care team ensuring high quality of care and service is always provided to all residents
• Ensuring care plans are regularly reviewed continuous assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of resident’s care
• Engaging with residents in conversation at a level and pace that values the individual and respects their dignity and communication differences
• Administering and recording medication as prescribed, with accurate monitoring of drug dose to the residents in the home
• To ensure that each resident’s dignity and independence is always preserved and promoted
• To encourage each resident to achieve the highest possible quality of life that is right for them
• To encourage and assist residents to participate in any discussion relating to their daily living arrangements
• To assist where necessary with each resident’s personal care

What we’re looking for in our Day Senior Care Assistant

To be successful within this role, you will have a genuine caring nature and a desire to make a real difference for our residents. Prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support worker is essential for this role, though prior leadership or supervisory experience is not essential as full training and mentoring is provided. Typically, our residents live with age related conditions, life-limiting health conditions and physical disabilities that require dignified support from our care team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Day Senior Care Assistant please click ‘apply’ today, and we’ll ensure to be in touch!