Senior Care Assistant

HC One; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A care home provider in Shrewsbury is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to lead a team and provide high-quality care to residents. The role involves planning personalized care, leading a team, and ensuring the well-being of elder residents. Benefits include higher than average pay, training opportunities, and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Higher than average pay rates

Paid Enhanced DBS/PVG

Free uniform

Company pension scheme

28 days annual leave including bank holidays

Life assurance cover for all colleagues

Award-winning learning and development

GP online consultations

Colleague discounts

Free access to Employee Assistance Programme

First-rate working environment

Free onsite car parking

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in elder care environment; ability to lead a team.
• Willingness to undertake safeguarding training and related development.
• Full training provided; commitment to professional and personal growth.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement care that ensures security, dignity, and independence.
• Lead a team of Care Assistants maintaining highest standards of care.
• Provide essential physical and mental stimulation through activities.

Skills

Experience in elder care environment

Ability to lead a team

Willingness to undertake safeguarding training

Job description

Overview

As a Senior Care Assistant at Lime Trees, kindness will be at the core of everything you do. It touches upon every aspect of our care. Every single person who works here understands that our residents are people just like them with their own stories to tell. By joining us, you'll have a wonderful opportunity to give something back to those people.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement the kind of care that gives our residents a real sense of security, dignity and independence.
• Get to know residents and their families, helping to ensure we deliver truly personalised care plans.
• Lead a team of Care Assistants and maintain the highest standards of care; be a real influence on the rest of the team.
• Provide care activities, including showing how to use a walking frame, assisting with meals at end of life, and communicating with residents' families.
• Provide essential physical and mental stimulation through social and recreational activities, and administer medication.
• Maintain accurate records of the care you provide and build strong relationships with the rest of the team.
• Safeguarding: recognise signs of abuse, harm or neglect, know what to do with concerns, attend safeguarding training, and escalate when action is not taken.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Experience in elder care environment; ability to lead a team (Senior role).
• Willingness to undertake safeguarding training and related development; ability to seek advice and report concerns.
• Full training provided; commitment to professional and personal growth.

About HC-One

At HC-One, kindness is more than a word. It is a belief that caring for people means caring about what matters most to them so we can support them to lead their best possible life.

To be able to provide the kindest possible care there are 5 values or qualities that everyone who is part of the HC-One team shows up with, supports and coaches in each other every single day. We call these 5 qualities: Kindness the HC-One Way: We are curious and ask questions, look for clues and seek to understand. We are compassionate and try to walk in the shoes of others. We\'re creative yet practical, using our imagination to make things happen. We are courageous in how we support residents to live the life they want, and we can always be counted on.

We champion inclusivity, fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued and can be themselves. Our diverse and inclusive workforce allows us to learn from each other and better represent the communities we serve.

Our dedicated, professional colleagues strive to always deliver outstanding adult social care - and we care about our talented teams too, supporting them in their professional and personal growth. We are committed to developing people that work for us through robust career pathways, CPD and post graduate programmes. Throughout your career, HC-One will invest in you with great opportunities to progress into regional and national roles.

Benefits

We\'ll provide full training, so it\'s a great opportunity to learn something new. In return, you will enjoy access to a huge variety of benefits and services to support your physical and psychological well-being and throughout your career as a Senior Care Assistant we will invest in you, and you will enjoy additional support and benefits including:

• Higher than average pay rates
• Paid Enhanced DBS/PVG
• Free uniform
• Company pension scheme
• 28 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Life assurance cover for all colleagues
• Award-winning learning and development and support to achieve qualifications
• GP online - around-the-clock GP consultation via an app, available to you and your children under 16
• Opportunity to learn from experienced colleagues as part of an outstanding and committed team
• Colleague discounts - Access to over 1600 high street discounts
• Wellbeing - free access to an independent Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 support
• First-rate working environment in a purpose-built luxury home
• Free onsite car parking and close to local transport links
• Refer a friend scheme