Night Care Assistants

Pilgrims' Friend Society; Worthing; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Paid DBS checks

Pension scheme

Flexible working

Job summary

Pilgrims' Friend Society is seeking two Night Care Assistants for Koinonia Christian Care Home in Worthing. One position will include Night Care Lead responsibilities, offering a chance to develop leadership skills in the care sector.

The home accommodates 38 residents, including those with dementia, and aims to provide safety, dignity and compassionate care. Shifts run 19:45–08:00, with various evening and weekend hours available.

Qualifications

• Prior care experience is essential.
• Ability to lead a team on night shift and support residents with dignity.
• Compassionate, patient, and flexible in caring for older adults.

Responsibilities

• When leading the night shift: lead a team of carers and manage the home in the absence of the manager.
• Complete supervisions for the allocated night staff and mentor and support them in their roles.
• Take charge when contact is made with out-of-hours professionals and coordinate to manage incidents.

Skills

Empathy

Teamwork

Organised

Job description

Night Care Assistants

Do you have a heart for older people?

Are you looking to work with a dynamic team?

We are looking to recruit two Night Care Assistants to join our dedicated and supportive team at Koinonia Christian Care Home in Worthing. One of these positions will also include Night Care Lead responsibilities, offering an exciting opportunity to develop leadership skills within the care sector.

Koinonia provides a warm and welcoming home for 38 residents, including those living with dementia. Our dedicated team strives to ensure that every resident feels safe, valued and cared for with dignity, kindness and respect. View our stunning home here.

Could you be the next member of our team?

If you are caring, reliable and committed to making a positive difference to people's lives, we would love to hear from you.

Come and be part of the Koinonia family!

Our vision is to empower our residents to live fulfilled lives and flourish in later years. Watch here to learn more about how we care: https://youtu.be/Po6md7pq7nI

Responsibilities:

When leading the night shift:

• You will lead a team of carers and manage the home in the absence of the manager
• Complete supervisions for the allocated night staff, and mentor and support them in their roles
• Take charge when contact is made with the out of hours GP, district nurses, fire brigade or any other professionals, and work with them, following our policies and procedures, to manage incidents or accidents.

General responsibilities:

• Provide high quality, professional service of care to our residents.
• Help a resident with personal cleanliness such as helping a resident with a bath.
• Support residents to eat and drink.
• Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed.
• Treat others as individuals with unique and diverse needs.
• Treat our residents with dignity and respect.
• Support our residents to keep independent and healthy and encourage them to be part of the community within the home.
• Assist with tidying, cleaning, laundering and other domestic tasks when needed.
• Assist in the care at end of life.

For more details please take a look at the Job Description

About you:

• You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have empathy with them;
• You need to be able to work in a team and be willing to take on any task to provide an excellent level of care to our clients; and
• You need to be well-organised, adaptable and practical.

For more details please take a look at the Person Specification.

As a member of our Night Care Team, we require you to have previous care experience.

Hours:

Shifts: 19.45 - 8.00

Night Care Assistant - Lead: Friday and Saturday (24.5 hours) & Night Care Assistant: Tuesday (12.25 hours)

Night Care Assistant: Sunday and Wednesday (24.5 hours)

Benefits:

• Bank holiday rate: £15.13 p/h
• Night Care Assistant - Lead: £16.57 p/h
• Training & development
• Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
• Paid DBS checks
• Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
• Ongoing support from management
• Flexible working: various working hours
• Team events
• Pension scheme
• Care Friends referral
• Medicash
• Perkbox - including an Employee assistance programme.
• Long-standing service rewards
• Birthday rewards

What our staff say about working at Koinonia Christian Care Home..."helping our family members and performing the best in my role" ... -

Pilgrims' Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Please note: this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received so please apply as soon as possible if interested.

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