Senior Care Assistant

NHS; Sonning; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to support the Care team in delivering high standards of personal care. The ideal candidate will possess an NVQ 3 or equivalent and have 2 years of experience in a care environment. Responsibilities include monitoring residents' wellbeing, supporting medication requirements, and engaging in the development of staff. A flexible attitude is essential, with a focus on creating a caring and supportive environment.

Benefits

Opportunities to learn and develop

Supportive environment

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience working in a similar care environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident and amend care plans.
• Support residents with their medication requirements.
• Undertake staff supervisions and support staff with their development.

Skills

Communication

Positive attitude

Flexibility

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent in care

Job description

This is a role for a Senior Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The role involves supporting and working 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.

About the role

Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant will be to support and work with 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. Other responsibilities include monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being involved in the person-centred care planning process, supporting residents with their medication requirements, undertaking staff supervisions and supporting staff with their development, and acting as a key point of contact for residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support our teams so they can make a positive impact on residents’ lives every day. We offer a caring, supportive environment with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Senior Care Assistant.

Key responsibilities include:

• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident, be aware of changes impacting care and care plans, ensure new needs are met, and amend written records to reflect variations.
• Be involved in the person-centred care planning process, implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations.
• Support residents with their medication requirements.
• Undertake staff supervisions and support staff with their development where required.
• Act as a key point of contact for residents, their relatives and visitors, and for health and social care professionals, ensuring reasonable requests are acted upon and concerns or complaints are escalated.

About you

To be successful, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all 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.

About Avery

At Avery, we are one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We aim to enrich the later years of life and create meaningful experiences for our residents and our team. With a vision of “creating meaningful lives together,” we proudly offer care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered daily.

Additional requirements

Please note this role will require:

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

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Disclosures

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.