Senior Care Assistant

Hartford Care Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford Care Ltd is seeking a Day Senior Care Assistant for Springfield Park, Rochdale. The role covers daytime care, with supervision of the shift and team while promoting residents’ privacy and independence.

Essential requirements include at least 2 years’ care experience in residential settings and a Level 3 NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care; strong communication, IT skills, and the ability to lead a team and work independently are also required.

Qualifications

• 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 hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, individualised day care to residents and promote privacy, dignity and independence.
• Supervise and lead the shift and team members to ensure smooth daytime care delivery.
• Coordinate handovers and support residents with daily activities.
• Contribute to a happy, caring atmosphere and team collaboration.

Skills

Care experience

Team leading

Communication skills

IT skills

Teamwork

Flexibility

Initiative

Education

L3 NVQ/Diploma Health & Social Care

Job description

Senior Care Assistant
Full-time - 33hours per week (includes working alternate weekends)
Location:Springfield Park, Rochdale, OL11 4RE

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

Essential:

• 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.