Senior Care Assistant Full Time days

Prime Life; Skegness; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded DBS

Holiday Pay scheme

Refer a Friend scheme £250

Job summary

Prime Life in Skegness is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to provide compassionate care at Seacroft Court, a home for 49 residents with a range of age-related health conditions and disabilities.

You will lead a care team, ensure up-to-date care plans, and support residents with dignity and independence while promoting their quality of life.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Care Assistant or Support worker is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and support the care team to ensure high quality care for residents.
• Review and update care plans with ongoing assessment and evaluation.
• Engage with residents respectfully, valuing dignity and communication needs.
• Administer and record medications as prescribed with accurate monitoring.
• Preserve and promote each resident’s dignity and independence.
• Encourage residents to achieve the best possible quality of life.
• Assist residents with daily living arrangements and personal care as needed.

Job description

Make a difference every day and give back to your community!

Thisrole will be based at Seacroft Court in the seaside town of Skegness. The home is dually registered to provide both nursing and residential care, and has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 49 residents. Typically, residents within the home are living with a range of age-related health conditions, physical disabilities and mental health conditions that require dignified support from our caring team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.

Benefits of becoming our Senior Care Assistant:

This role offers great work life balance, with regular set shift patterns across a 7-day working week. In return for your commitment to our residents, we can offer range of excellent benefits including;

• Hourly rates of pay ranging from £12.96to £13.32per hour dependent upon qualification level
• Opportunities to learn and progress with the support of our dedicated Quality Matters team
• Fully funded DBS
• Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme that rewards you for your commitment to care
• Fantastic Refer a Friend scheme, offering up to £250 per successful candidate!

Responsibilities of our Senior Care Assistant include:

• Leading, managing and supporting your care team ensuring high quality of care and service is always provided to all residents
• Ensuring care plans are regularly reviewed continuous assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of resident’s care
• Engaging with residents in conversation at a level and pace that values the individual and respects their dignity and communication differences
• Administering and recording medication as prescribed, with accurate monitoring of drug dose to the residents in the home
• To ensure that each resident’s dignity and independence is always preserved and promoted
• To encourage each resident to achieve the highest possible quality of life that is right for them
• To encourage and assist residents to participate in any discussion relating to their daily living arrangements
• To assist where necessary with each resident’s personal care

What we’re looking for in our Senior Care Assistant:

To be successful within this role, you will have a genuine caring nature and a desire to make a real difference for our residents. Prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support worker is essential for this role, though prior leadership or supervisory experience is not essential as full training and mentoring is provided. Typically, our residents live with age related conditions, life-limiting health conditions and physical disabilities that require dignified support from our care team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.