Senior Care Assistant

Careline Homecare Limited; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local travel – paid mileage

Full training & induction

Flexible work patterns

Career growth

Family-friendly leave

National opportunities

Perks & discounts

Job summary

Careline Homecare Limited is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to support high-quality community care. You will assess needs, supervise care staff, and help plan rotas to deliver safe, person-centred care in clients' homes. Strong communication and compassion are essential, with driving licence required.

You’ll work predominantly in the community, while providing some office-based support as needed, contributing to multidisciplinary reviews and ongoing care quality improvements.

Qualifications

• Carrying out initial risk and needs assessments for individual service users, either in their own homes or in other settings such as hospitals or residential/nursing homes
• Working in partnership with service users, their families, carers, advocates, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to ensure seamless, holistic care
• Supporting high-quality care delivery and contributing to safe, person-centred care planning
• Communicating clearly, professionally, and with compassion when coordinating care and reviewing needs
• Have a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of the highest quality care in the community
• Complete assessments and reviews of individual care services
• Provide practical supervision, instruction, and support to Care Assistants
• Work with Care Coordinators to plan effective and realistic care worker rotas
• Carry out regular needs and risk assessments, including renewed and repeated reviews
• Participate in multi-disciplinary reviews of service users’ needs
• Shadow new care workers to ensure their competence and confidence
• Observe and evaluate care worker practice as part of routine supervision or when performance concerns arise
• Provide personal care with dignity and respect
• Complete essential administrative tasks linked to care delivery and service quality
• Senior Care Assistants spend most of their time in the community fulfilling these responsibilities, while also supporting office-based administration as required

Skills

Risk assessments

Care planning

Communication

Compassion

Partnership working

Job description

Job Description

What you’ll do

• Support the delivery of the highest quality care in the community
• Complete assessments and reviews of individual care services
• Provide practical supervision, instruction, and support to Care Assistants
• Work with Care Coordinators to plan effective and realistic care worker rotas
• Carry out regular needs and risk assessments, including renewed and repeated reviews
• Participate in multi-disciplinary reviews of service users’ needs
• Shadow new care workers to ensure their competence and confidence
• Observe and evaluate care worker practice as part of routine supervision or when performance concerns arise
• Provide personal care with dignity and respect
• Complete essential administrative tasks linked to care delivery and service quality

Senior Care Assistants spend most of their time in the community fulfilling these responsibilities, while also supporting office-based administration as required.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Carrying out initial risk and needs assessments for individual service users, either in their own homes or in other settings such as hospitals or residential/nursing homes
• Working in partnership with service users, their families, carers, advocates, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to ensure seamless, holistic care
• Supporting high-quality care delivery and contributing to safe, person-centred care planning
• Communicating clearly, professionally, and with compassion when coordinating care and reviewing needs

• Have a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle

Additional Information

Here’s what makes us different:

• Local travel only - paid mileage for every journey
• Full training & paid induction - no experience needed
• Flexibility - work patterns that fit your lifestyle
• Career growth - clear progression into senior & leadership roles
• Family-friendly - enhanced leave for life’s big moments
• National opportunities - relocate and continue your career within CCH
• Perks & discounts - Blue Light Card, Cycle to Work, RAF scheme, and more