Senior Care Assistant - Nights

New Care; England; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A care home provider is seeking a Senior Care Assistant in Colne to support leadership and management of the care team. This full-time position offers a competitive hourly rate of £14.33 and requires experience in medication management. Candidates should have relevant social care qualifications and demonstrate a commitment to high-quality care delivery. Benefits include paid training and support for further qualifications.

Benefits

Opportunities for career progression

5.6 weeks annual leave

Paid training

Pension scheme

Early Pay access

Qualifications

• You must have experience in medication management and administration.
• You should have experience working with older people.
• Ability to contribute to the assessment, planning, and evaluation of care needs.

Responsibilities

• Promote the highest standard of clinical nursing care to residents.
• Manage and supervise the care team to ensure quality delivery of care.
• Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of adults.

Skills

Medication management and administration experience

Experience working with older people

Good oral and written communication skills

Demonstrate self-motivation and confidence

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Social Care or equivalent

NVQ Level 3 in Social Care or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Belvedere Manor Care Home is a modern, purpose-built home located in Colne, offering high-quality care for up to 84 residents. Specialising in Residential and Residential Dementia care, the home provides a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment tailored to meet each individual's needs. Situated on Gibfield Road, Belvedere Manor enjoys a peaceful location while remaining close to local amenities—offering residents the perfect balance of comfort and convenience. The home features spacious, well-appointed en-suite bedrooms, alongside welcoming lounge and dining areas designed to promote social interaction, relaxation, and a true sense of community. Our dedicated team of permanent staff are carefully selected for their compassion, professionalism, and commitment to delivering exceptional, person-centred care. With an active lifestyle and well-being programme, residents are encouraged to live fulfilling, engaging lives with a variety of activities and events that support physical, emotional, and social well-being. Now proudly part of the Lovett Care group, Belvedere Manor upholds our strong values of quality, dignity, and respect-ensuring every resident feels truly at home.

Role

We are seeking to appoint a kind, caring and motivated Senior Care Assistant to join our team. You will support the Home Manager and Deputy Home Manager in providing leadership to the care team and effective 24-hour management of the home within the available resources. We have a full time contract available with an hourly rate of £14.33! Shift times are 1945 - 0800, with alternate weekend working. To apply for this role you must have medication management and administration experience.

Role Responsibilities

• Promote the highest standard of person centred clinical nursing care to residents.
• Manage, allocate duties and supervise the care team ensuring a quality delivery of care for the duration of the shift.
• To be a role model and demonstrate person centred care delivery.
• Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of adults that you are responsible for or come into contact with.
• Manage the delivery of residents personalised care according to their agreed plan of care for the duration of a shift.
• Promote professional standards within the home supporting the Deputy and Home Manager.
• Provide supervision, coaching and assessment to Care Assistants.
• Ensure effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of resident care through written care plans.
• Maintain correctly written records as required by the company and regulatory bodies.
• Manage daily rotas and delegate daily workload ensuring sufficient and safe use of manpower.
• Ensure that all new admission files are completed within the week of arrival and the named nurse, senior carer and key worker must all contribute to completing the file
• Build relationships with external professionals
• Assist the home manager to carry out regular quality audits of care plans

Skills and experience required

• Medication management and administration experience
• Experience working with older people.
• NVQ Level 2 in Social Care of equivalent.
• NVQ Level 3 in Social Care or equivalent/ the achievement of this in the first 12 months of their employment.
• Evidence of the ability to contribute to the assessment, planning and evaluation of the care needs of older people.
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the 6 principles of care and how they should underpin delivery of care in a residential/Nursing setting.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate self-motivation and confidence.

The Benefits

• Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles
• Bank holiday and overtime enhancements
• 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum
• Paid DBS
• Uniform provided
• Paid training
• Refer a friend referral scheme, for the following roles only - Registered Nurse, Team Leader / Senior Care Assistant and Care Assistant
• Excellent induction programme for new starters
• A rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress within the company
• Ongoing support and training for nationally recognised qualifications
• A competitive rate of pay
• Wellbeing programmes
• Ongoing career development
• Pension scheme
• Early Pay - access to your money as you earn (pay advance)

This position is subject to a DBS check