Senior Care Assistant

Healthcare Homes; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Stowmarket is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to supervise the care team and promote quality services to residents. This role requires previous supervisory experience and experience in writing care plans. In return, multiple benefits such as a pension scheme and extensive training opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Company Pension

5.6 weeks paid holiday

Refer a Friend scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Extensive training courses

Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities

Blue Light Card discounts

Recognition and Long Service awards

Qualifications

• Previous supervisory experience within a care home or care environment.
• Experience in writing and updating care plans.

Responsibilities

• Promote quality of care to residents.
• Supervise the care team.
• Administer medication as required.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Administration of medication

Mentoring Care Assistants

Job description

Senior Care Assistant

Hillcroft House, Stowmarket

£13.50 per hour

Bank day or night shifts

Healthcare Homes are recruiting for a Senior Care Assistant to work at Hillcroft House in Stowmarket. Hillcroft House is a 42 bedded care home specialising in residential and dementia care.

Our Senior Care Assistants play an important part in the quality of care we provide to our residents, taking an active role in promoting the services we provide, supervising the care team and administering medication as required. You will take an active role in mentoring Care Assistants to ensure they deliver the highest standard of care to our residents.

Previous supervisory experience within a care home or care environment is required, along with experience in writing and updating care plans.

In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Company Pension
• 5.6 weeks paid holiday pay
• Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £1000 per person
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental health and wellbeing
• Extensive training courses through our Healthcare Homes Academy
• Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities including Advanced Healthcare Practitioner
• Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality
• Recognition and Long Service awards

Hillcroft House is situated in the market town of Stowmarket in Suffolk. Originally a school, the house is a Grade II Listed building that dates back over 200 years. The home has been tastefully extended but retains links with the original house to provide modern facilities.

Established in 2005, Healthcare Homes Group has an existing portfolio comprising of 48 residential and nursing homes located across East Anglia and the South of England. We are a leading provider within the care sector and our ethos is to deliver the best person-centred care to all our residents.

If you are interested in this role and would like to hear more about working as a Senior Care Assistant at Hillcroft House then get in touch.