Senior Care Assistant

PRIME LIFE LIMITED; Market Rasen; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team as a Senior Care Assistant, where you can make a significant impact on the lives of residents with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. This rewarding role offers a balanced work-life schedule with set shifts across a 7-day week. You will lead a dedicated care team, ensuring that each resident receives the dignified support they deserve. With opportunities for personal growth and a supportive environment, your caring nature will shine as you help residents achieve their highest quality of life. If you are ready to make a difference and contribute to a nurturing community, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Hourly pay rates from £12.47 to £13.43

Opportunities for learning and progression

Fully funded DBS

Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme

Refer a Friend scheme up to £200

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker is essential.
• Full training and mentoring provided for leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the care team to ensure high-quality service.
• Administer and record medication with accurate monitoring.
• Engage with residents to promote dignity and independence.

Skills

Caring nature

Patience

Understanding

Respect for individual abilities

Communication skills

Experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker

Job description

Make a difference every day and give back to your community!

This role will be based at Glengarriff House in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 15 residents, living with a range of learning disabilities and mental health conditions that require dignified support from our caring team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.

Benefits of becoming our Senior Care Assistant:

This role offers great work life balance, with regular set shift patterns across a 7-day working week. In return for your commitment to our residents, we can offer a range of excellent benefits including:

• Hourly rates of pay ranging from £12.47 to £13.43 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 £200 per successful candidate!

Responsibilities of our 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 through 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
• Ensuring that each resident’s dignity and independence is always preserved and promoted
• Encouraging each resident to achieve the highest possible quality of life that is right for them
• Assisting residents to participate in any discussion relating to their daily living arrangements
• Assisting where necessary with each resident’s personal care

What we’re looking for in our 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 you have the skills and experience to become our Senior Care Assistant, please click ‘apply’ today, and we’ll ensure to be in touch!