Senior Care Assistant (Days) - Blatchington Manor

South Coast Nursing Homes; Seaford; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay-as-you-earn

Paid breaks

Free uniform

DBS

Pension

Employee assistance programme

Training and career progression

Job summary

South Coast Nursing Homes in Seaford is seeking an experienced Senior Care Assistant to join the Nights team at Blatchington Manor Residential Home. You will support Care Assistants on shift, provide high quality personal care, and help with medication checks to ensure resident safety.

The role is night shifts from 8pm to 8am, 36 hours per week, including every other weekend. We offer Weekday £14.24 and Weekend £15.66 rates, paid breaks, free uniform, DBS, pension, and career development

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or working towards it.
• Medication trained.
• Kind and caring with a positive approach.
• Energetic and hard-working.

Responsibilities

• Allocate carers.
• Dispense medication.
• Support new staff on shift.
• Provide high quality personal care, social interaction and stimulation to residents.
• Promote independence and enablement, supporting residents as needed.
• Develop relationships with relatives to understand needs and preferences.

Skills

Medication administration

Teamwork

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

South Coast Nursing Homes is a family-owned provider of care across East and West Sussex. Each of the 9 registered homes offers the highest standards of resident care and comfort, 24 hours – day and night.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Care Assistant to join the team on Nights at Blatchington Manor Residential Home, in Seaford.

Hourly Rates: Weekdays £14.24 - Weekends £15.66

Hours- Nights - 8am - 8pm, 36hrs - Including every other weekend

As a Senior Care Assistant, you will be involved in supporting Care Assistants on shift to ensure the highest delivery of care is being given and supporting your team. You will be supporting with personal care duties and ensuring all checks have been completed alongside dispensing medication.

As a Senior Care Assistant, you will be:

• Responsible for the allocation of carers
• Dispensing medication
• Be a support to new members of staff
• Providing high quality personal care, social interaction and stimulation to residents.
• Promoting independence and enablement and providing any support to the residents where necessary;
• Developing relationships with relatives to help support you in understanding their needs and developing their personal care.

More about you:

• Be medication trained
• You will have a NVQ level 3 in Health and social care, or be working towards
• Kind and caring with a positive approach;
• Energetic and hard-working;
• Passionate about offering superior services and want to make a difference;
• Team player

Package:

• Access to your pay as you earn it
• Paid breaks on full shifts
• Free uniform & DBS
• Benefits including pension and employee assistance programme
• Industry leading training and development coupled with career progression

Here at South Coast Nursing Homes, we value diversity and are committed to a culture of inclusivity, respect, and equality.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background.

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