Senior Care Assistant

Hartford Care; Southampton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Southampton is looking for a compassionate Day Senior Care Assistant to deliver high-quality care and support to residents. In this vital role, you will lead and motivate the care team, ensuring dignity and independence for each resident while creating a warm and welcoming environment. Applicants should have at least two years of experience in residential care and have completed an L3 NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience as a Care Assistant in residential care.
• Completed or currently undertaking L3 NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care.
• Must be caring, warm, and understanding.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, individualised care and support to residents.
• Supervise and lead the shift and team members.
• Create a happy and caring atmosphere.

Skills

Team leading

Delegation

Organisational skills

Excellent communication

Compassionate nature

Education

L3 NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

Employment Type: Days / Full-Time or Part-Time Available

The Role

As a Day Senior Care Assistant, you will provide high quality, individualised care and support to residents during the day time, promoting each person’s privacy, dignity and independence, be responsible for supervising and leading the shift and team members, and working together as a team to create a happy and caring atmosphere.

Whether you are carrying out a direct observation on a care assistant who is assisting someone to eat their lunch, checking that a resident’s activities log has been completed, giving a detailed handover to the team on the next shift, or assisting a resident to get dressed in the morning, you will do so with care at the heart of everything you do.

• Do you want to make a difference to someone's life and feel a sense of purpose in an extremely rewarding role?
• Do you have good team leading, delegation and organisational skills?
• Have you completed, or are you currently undertaking your L3 NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care?
• Are you caring, warm and understanding?
• Are you spontaneous, patient, flexible and have a good sense of humour?
• Do you strongly believe in the values ofCreating Communities, Caring for Each Other and Celebrating Individuality?

If your answer is yes to all these questions, why not join our Hartford Care family?

Requirements

• At least 2 years’ experience as a Care Assistant in residential care
• Completed an L3 NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care
• A compassionate and caring nature
• Excellent communication skills and ability to use IT systems
• Ability to lead and motivate staff members
• Able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• A flexible approach to working hour

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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Created on 22/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom