Senior Care Practitioner (Days)

Mariposa Care Group; Chester-le-Street; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Mariposa Care Group is seeking a Senior Care Practitioner in Derwent. The role combines hands-on care with team leadership to ensure residents receive outstanding support while promoting independence. If you're experienced in care and enjoy mentoring others, this is the perfect opportunity to advance your career.

Benefits

Enhanced overtime rates

Recognition of service awards

Unlimited 'Refer a Friend' bonus

Fully funded training and qualifications

Annual pay reviews

Private healthcare options

Qualifications

• Health and social care qualification required.
• Willingness to undertake further training.
• Experience in care and team supervision preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and mentoring the care team.
• Ensuring residents' dignity, respect, and privacy.
• Managing and dispensing medication accurately.

Skills

Team Leadership

Personal Care

Medication Management

Education

Adult Social Care Level 3

Job description

Low Westwood, Newcastle Upon Tyne , Durham , England
NE17

Senior Care Practitioner
Hourly rate: £13.71 per hour
Location: Derwent
Contract: Permanent
Qualifications required: Health and social care qualification - Adult Social Care Level 3 - or equivalent or a commitment to undertake further training and development relevant to the role.

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 Derwent, we're searching for an experienced Senior Care Practitioner (Days) 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 team leader 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 what you do.

Senior Care Practitioner
Hourly rate: £13.71 per hour
Location: Derwent
Contract: Permanent
Qualifications required: Health and social care qualification - Adult Social Care Level 3 - or equivalent or a commitment to undertake further training and development relevant to the role.

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 Derwent, we're searching for an experienced Senior Care Practitioner (Days) 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 team leader 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 what 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)
• Recognition of service awards.
• 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.

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. If you need any assistance or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage, just drop us an email at Apply - we'll be happy to help.

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.

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