Senior Care Assistants - Various Shifts

Quality Service Recruitment Limited; Nottingham; Vor Ort; GBP 19.000 - 21.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Quality Service Recruitment Limited is looking for a Senior Care Assistant to lead the shift at a care home near Eastwood, Nottingham. You will supervise the team under management, deliver compassionate care, and uphold safety standards.

Role requires a recent DBS, 2+ years' referenceable work history, and training in infection control, safeguarding adults, and moving and handling. Training online available; ongoing/permanent potential.

Qualifikationen

• DBS check dated within last 12 months.
• At least 2 years of referenceable work history.
• Up-to-date Infection Control, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Moving and Handling training.
• At least 3 months experience in a similar care setting.

Aufgaben

• Provide high-quality personal care following care plans with a warm, respectful approach.
• Ensure Health and Safety, COSHH, Food Hygiene and infection control practices.
• Administer medications and maintain accurate records.
• Liaise with other care professionals regarding residents' needs.
• Respect confidentiality of residents' information and incidents.
• Encourage participation in leisure activities and escort to appointments.
• Undertake light cleaning to keep the home clean and welcoming.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Infection control

Safeguarding

Moving and Handling

Jobbeschreibung

Are you looking for a role where you can lead by example?

We need an experienced Senior Care Assistants that will be able to assist an existing team within a care home based in Eastwood. It will be your responsibility to take charge of the shift under the supervision of the home’s management team.

You will be expected to carry out the following key responsibilities:

• Providing the highest level of personal care and attention to the service users, following care plans carefully whilst ensuring that all contact is polite, friendly, warm and supportive.
• Ensuring adherence to all aspects of Health and Safety including COSSH, Food Hygiene and Infection control.
• Administering medication to service users, accurately maintaining appropriate records for both.
• To liaise with other care professionals relating to the care needs of the residents.
• To always respect and maintain confidentiality of resident’s personal information, this includes resident’s behaviour and actions and any incidents that may occur during their day‑to‑day care.
• Encourage, assist and support service users to participate in leisure activities, ensuring their social and emotional needs are met. This also includes escorting residents to outside appointments and leisure outings.
• Responsible for undertaking light cleaning duties as needed and ensuring that the Home is kept clean, pleasant and welcoming always.

To be suitable for this position you must have:

• An enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months
• Have a two year referenceable work history
• Up to date Infection Control, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Moving and Handling training
• At least 3 months experience within a similar setting

If you do not have a valid DBS and/or training, do not worry as we can help you with this with training available online at a subsidised fee and the certificates are yours to keep!

This is an ongoing role that has the potential to become permanent for successful candidates.

Shift times are :-

• Days 0645 to 1445
• Afternoons 1430 to 2215.

Other shifts are available on request.

The rate of pay for this role is £14.00 to £15.00 per hour. You will also accrue up to 28 days for time served.