Senior Care Assistant - Nights

Pilgrim's; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Ongoing management support

Guaranteed hours

Flexible working hours

Employee assistance programme

Team events

Recommend a Friend Scheme

Job summary

Cumbria Emmaus House Care Home seeks a compassionate Senior Care Assistant to join our residential care team. The role focuses on promoting residents' health and well-being, with leadership responsibilities during shifts and direct, hands-on patient care.

We value empathy, dedication, and the ability to work in a team to deliver high-quality care, including supporting residents at meal times, personal care, and end-of-life support.

Qualifications

• Experience as Senior Care Assistant in residential care.
• Willing to lead shifts and perform hands-on duties.
• Ability to work in a team and provide compassionate care.
• Must have care experience prior to joining.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, professional care to residents.
• Supervise care team during shifts; health, safety and security; medications administration; cover arrangements.
• Assist residents with personal care such as bathing.
• Support residents to eat and drink.
• Get to know residents to offer comfort and reassurance.
• Ensure residents’ care plans are up-to-date.
• Encourage independence and community involvement.
• Treat residents with dignity and respect.
• Assist in end-of-life care.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manager.

Skills

Care experience

Team leadership

Empathy

Education

RQF Health & Social Care Level 3+

Job description

Location: On site / Walkmill Cl, Moresby Parks, Whitehaven CA28 8XR, UK
job type: Permanent / Full or part-time
Sector and subsector: Medical & Healthcare | Healthcare Assistants
HourlyFixed salary:£ 13.47

Senior Care Assistant

Could you do a job where you change lives?

Do you have care experience?

We are currently looking to appoint a compassionate and committed Senior Care Assistant to join our dynamic Care Team at Cumbria Emmaus House Care Home. See our beautiful home here.

The Senior Care Assistant role is vital inresidential care of the older people, promoting their health and well-being on a personal level.

Each of our homes and schemes are rooted in the Christian faith that expresses God’s love through compassion and care. Our Christian background is at the heart of both our values and actions to ensure that the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs are met to all residents.

Responsibilities:

• Provide a high quality, professional service of care to our residents.
• Supervise all staff on the Care Team during your period of duty (including among other responsibilities: taking responsibility for Health, Safety and Security; administering medications to residents; arranging cover for staff who are absent through sickness; etc).
• Help a resident with personal cleanliness such as helping a resident with a bath.
• Support residents to eat and drink.
• Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed.
• Supervise the care and well-being of our residents.
• Ensure residents’care plans are up-to-date.
• Support our residents to keep independent and healthy and encourage themto be part of the community within the home.
• Treat others as individuals with unique and diverse needs and treat our residents with dignity and respect.
• Assist in the care at end of life.
• In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, you are required to perform other duties assigned by your manager from time to time that are within your capabilities.
• You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have an empathy with them;
• You will preferably have a RQF accreditation in Health &Social care at level 3 or above;
• You haveexperience working as a Senior CareAssistant in residential care;
• You must be willing to both leadshifts and take a “hands on” role as required; and
• You need to be able to work in a team and be willing to take on any task to provide an excellent level of care to our residents.

As a member of our Care Team, we require you to have previous care experience.

Shifts: 36 hour contract, Shifts 7pm-7am

• Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
• Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
• Ongoing support from management
• Guaranteed hours
• Flexible working: various working hours
• Employee assistance programme
• Team events
• Recommend a Friend Scheme