Senior Care Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Gravesend; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK care provider is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to support the care team in delivering high-quality personal care to residents. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring wellbeing, medication management, and staff supervision while ensuring a safe and supportive environment. Experience and NVQ 3 in care are essential for this role, along with strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Must have NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
• At least 2 years of experience in a similar care environment.
• Must have strong communication skills both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Monitor wellbeing of each resident, updating records.
• Support with medication requirements.
• Undertake staff supervision and development.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Experience in care environment

Positive attitude

Flexibility and responsiveness

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent in care

Job description

Overview

This is a Senior Care Assistant role at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The successful candidate will support the care team in delivering high-quality personal care to residents, ensuring their safety, well-being, and comfort. They will be involved in the care planning process, medication management, and staff supervision.

Main duties

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

• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of changes impacting care plans, ensuring new needs are met, and updating written records to reflect variations.
• Being involved in the person-centred care planning process, implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations.
• Supporting residents with their medication requirements.
• Undertaking staff supervision and supporting staff with their development where required.
• Acting as a key point of contact with residents, relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals, ensuring reasonable requests are acted upon and concerns or complaints are escalated.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and employees, offering exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes. Avery Healthcare is committed to building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we are a place where people love to work. With a vision of creating meaningful lives together, we offer exceptional care across our network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Role requirements

Role specifics include:

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

About you

To be successful, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Our ideal candidate must:

• Have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
• Have 2 years of 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.

Person specification & Qualifications

Qualifications and experience required:

• NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
• At least 2 years of experience in a similar care environment.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to be flexible and supportive to residents and staff.

Disclosure

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous convictions.

Additional note

Please note this role will require: DBS disclosure (cost borne by Avery) and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.