Senior Care Assistant - Nights

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

Job summary

A leading elderly care provider in Acomb is seeking a Senior Care Assistant for night shifts. The role involves supporting the care team in delivering high-quality care to residents. Candidates must have NVQ 3 in care and at least 2 years of experience in a similar environment. This position offers a supportive workplace dedicated to personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Must have NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
• At least 2 years experience in a similar care environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Monitor wellbeing of residents and amend records as needed.
• Involved in person-centred care planning.
• Support residents with medication requirements.

Skills

Effective communication

Positive attitude

Responsiveness

Flexibility

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent in care

Job description

Overview

This role is for a Senior Care Assistant to work nights at Avery Healthcare's care home in Acomb. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the care team in delivering high-quality, personalized care to residents, ensuring a safe, caring, and inclusive environment. The role requires relevant experience, qualifications, and a commitment to Avery's values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable.

Main duties

• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident, be aware of changes impacting care and care plans, ensure new needs are met, and amend written records to reflect variations.
• Be involved in the person-centred care planning process, incorporating implementation, monitoring, and monthly evaluations.
• Support residents with their medication requirements.
• Undertake staff supervisions and support staff development where required.
• Act as a key point of contact for residents, relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals, ensuring reasonable requests are acted upon and concerns or complaints are escalated.

About us

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 passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and employees, offering exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes and building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

Job responsibilities

Shift Details: 7pm - 7am

At Avery Healthcare, we are dedicated to supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support our teams every step of the way. By joining us you’ll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day through your compassion and dedication. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you’ll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Senior Care Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear from you.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant will be to support and work alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change affecting care and care plans, ensuring that new needs are met, and written records are amended to reflect any variation.
• Being involved in the person-centred care planning process, by implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations.
• Supporting residents with their medication requirements.
• Undertaking staff supervisions and supporting staff with their development where required.
• Acting as a key point for contact with residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals involved in their wellbeing, ensuring that any reasonable requests are acted upon, and concerns or complaints are escalated.

About You

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
• Have 2 years experience working in a similar care environment.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Have a positive attitude to both supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
• Be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require:

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

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful, you must have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes and at least 2 years of experience working in a similar care environment. You should also have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, a positive attitude towards supporting and nurturing residents and staff, and be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.