Senior Care Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Virginia Water; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Care Assistant. The role involves supporting the care team to deliver high-quality personal care, monitoring residents' wellbeing, and engaging with families and professionals. Candidates should have an NVQ 3, experience in a similar environment, and effective communication skills. This position offers the opportunity to work in a safe and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience working in a similar care environment.
• Ability to monitor wellbeing and adapt care plans.
• Willingness to support staff development.

Responsibilities

• Support care team to deliver personal care to residents.
• Monitor resident wellbeing and adjust care plans as needed.
• Act as contact for residents and professionals.

Skills

Effective 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 successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the care team in delivering high-quality personal care to residents, ensuring a safe, caring, and inclusive environment.

About Avery

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together'. They are committed to creating a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Avery Healthcare is passionate about delivering exceptional care and building a positive culture for both residents and team members.

Responsibilities

• Support and work alongside the care team to deliver high standards of personal care, ensuring a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors, and staff.
• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident, be aware of changes impacting care and care plans, ensure new needs are met, and amend records to reflect variations.
• Involve in the person-centred care planning process, by 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 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 that you do.

• 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.

Requirements

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

Job Description

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.