Senior Care Assistant (Nights)

Mariposa Care Group; Shildon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced overtime rates

Refer a Friend bonus

Fully funded training

Annual pay reviews

Private healthcare options

Job summary

Mariposa Care Group's Holly Lodge care home is seeking an experienced Senior Care Assistant (Nights) to lead our care team and support residents in living happy, healthy and independent lives. As a Senior Carer you'll combine hands-on care with supervision, coaching your team, managing care plans, and ensuring dignity and safety.

The role includes dispensing medications and maintaining records, with a supportive, inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience in care and supervising a team.
• Good English and numeracy skills required.
• Passion for caring for residents.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and mentoring your team so they're confident in every part of their role.
• Supporting residents with personal care while upholding dignity and privacy.
• Ensuring care plans are up-to-date and followed by the team.
• Dispensing medication with accuracy and keeping detailed records.
• Balancing hands-on care with supervisory duties to keep residents happy and thriving.

Skills

Mentoring team

Supervisory experience

Patient care

Job description

Senior Care Assistant (Nights)

Hourly rate: £14.21 per hour
Location: Holly Lodge care home
Contract: Permanent

Plus enjoy lots of great benefits when you join the Mariposa Care family.

Looking for your next step in care? Join our amazing team and lead the way!

At Holly Lodge, we're searching for an experienced Senior Care Assistant (Nights) to help guide our incredible care team and support our residents in living happy, healthy and independent lives. If you've got experience in care and have previously helped to supervise a team, this could be the perfect role for you.

What's the job about?

As a Senior Carer, you'll combine hands-on care with supervisory duties. It's all about ensuring that every resident receives the very best care while mentoring and supporting your colleagues to be their best. Here's a flavour of what you'll be doing:

• Coaching and mentoring your team so they're confident and skilled in every part of their role.
• Supporting residents with a range of personal care needs, while making sure dignity, respect and privacy are always maintained.
• Ensuring every resident has a comprehensive and up-to-date care plan that reflects their needs, and making sure your team follows it to the letter.
• Dispensing medication with accuracy and care, keeping detailed records as you go.
• This role is a mix of hands-on care and supervisory responsibilities, so you'll need to feel comfortable juggling tasks while always keeping our residents' happiness and wellbeing at the heart of everything you do.

Why join us?

We know how important our Senior Carers are, so we make sure you feel appreciated and supported. Here's what we offer:

• Great pay with enhanced overtime rates (+£2 p/h)
• Unlimited £1,000 'Refer a Friend' bonus.
• Fully funded training and qualifications including opportunities to develop your leadership skills.
• Annual pay reviews.
• Private healthcare options to help with costs like dental or optical treatments.
• A caring, supportive workplace where you can thrive.

Our recruitment process

If you're offered a role with us, it will be conditional on some standard checks, like references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We also need you to have good English and numeracy skills, plus a passion for caring and helping our residents to thrive.

We want every candidate to feel supported and able to perform at their best during the recruitment process.

At Mariposa Care, we're committed to building a fair and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from everyone, no matter your age, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, belief, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.

Job titles can vary - this role is also known as senior carer, senior healthcare assistant, senior support worker, social care.