Senior Care Assistant (Days)

Danforth Care Homes; Garforth; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider seeks a Senior Care Assistant to deliver high-quality care to residents during shifts. The successful candidate will have NVQ Level 3 and relevant experience in elderly care, ensuring the safety and efficiency of service delivery, while exhibiting strong supervisory and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Experience working with older people.
• Knowledge of clinical assessment tools like Waterlow, MUST.
• Experience in writing care plans.
• Experience leading a shift.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care to residents according to assessed needs.
• Ensure a safe and efficient care service.
• Monitor and implement service delivery improvements.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Ability to plan and delegate

Education

NVQ Level 3/Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

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We are currently recruiting for a Senior Care Assistant (days) to professionally and thoughtfully deliver care during any span of duty, ensuring that a safe, effective and efficient care service is maintained which meets the needs of our residents. To provide care to residents in accordance with their individually assessed needs to a high standard.

You Must Have The Following Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3/Diploma in Health and Social Care (or working towards)
  
  

We are looking for someone with the following experience

• Experience of working with older people
• Knowledge and use of clinical assessment tools e.g. Waterlow, MUST
• Understand care planning processes and have experience of writing care plans
• Experience of leading a shift
  
  

We are looking for someone with the following technical skills

• Good supervisory skills
• Good organisational skills
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to contribute to, monitor and implement changes that improvement service delivery and outcomes for residents
• Ability to plan allocate and delegate work appropriately
  
  

The ideal candidate will have these personal qualities

• Ability to be flexible with regard to working hours
• Ability to inspire professionalism
• Ability to be flexible with regard to working hours
• Builds effective and credible relationships both internally and externally
• Works collaboratively with others sharing ideas and information at all times
• Effectively builds trust with a consistent approach between actions and words
• Has the ability to raise standards through innovation and new ideas
• Will take responsibility for issues and resolve them
• Able to cope in difficult situations with tact and diplomacy
• Ability to build rapport and positively influence others
• Ability to inspire professionalism
  
  

Salary depending on experience & location

This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

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