Senior Carer

Clanmil Housing Group; Belfast; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the housing sector seeks a dedicated Senior Carer to join their team in Belfast. This role is pivotal in providing person-centred care and support services to residents, ensuring their dignity and respect are prioritized. You will lead a team, administer medication, and create care plans, all while promoting independence and choice. If you have a passion for making a difference in people's lives and possess the necessary qualifications, this opportunity could be your next career step. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to enhancing the lives of families in need.

Benefits

Sleep-in allowance of £75 per night

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Minimum two years' experience in a care/support environment.
• Experience in creating and maintaining care and support plans.

Responsibilities

• Maintain effective record-keeping and administer medication.
• Lead and support the care team in providing person-centred care.

Skills

Person-Centred Care

Medication Administration

Staff Supervision

Care and Support Plans

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care

Job description

At Clanmil, we believe that housing is about people. We have come a long way in the last 40+ years, with just over 5900 properties and are ambitious to continue to grow and provide great homes.

Can you help us do that?

Senior Carer

De la Cour House, Woodcot Avenue, Belfast

37 hours

Salary: £27,819.70 - £30,822.23 per annum

(+ Sleep in allowance of £75 per night – approx. 10 sleep overs per month)

A bit about the role

At Clanmil, our tenants and residents are at the heart of what we do, and we want to provide more great homes for families that need them. Our care teams are focused on person centred care, developing outcome-based support plans, and continually reviewing those to ensure positive improvements.

As Senior Carer, you will be maintaining effective record-keeping, administering medication, leading and supporting the team of dedicated staff in providing person-centred care and support services to our residents. You’ll drive performance through supervision and mentoring of staff, delivering induction and coaching and you will be a strong role model, with residents’ needs, dignity and respect at the heart of the role.

A bit about you

If you understand the importance of promoting independence, choice and dignity and are passionate and motivated to make a difference to people's lives, this could be the job for you.

We want to hear from you if you have NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care and at least two years’ experience working in a care/support environment. We’d also like to hear from you if you have five years’ experience, without an NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care.

Your previous experience will include the creation and maintenance of care and support plans, administration of medication and experience of staff supervision in the workplace is also essential. 24hr residential care means this is not just a 9-5 job and 10 sleep ins are essential every month. What you bring to the role is important to us and you will find out more about that in the role profile which will be included in the recruitment pack.

Are you interested?

You will find further details regarding the qualifications, experience, and skills to succeed in this role, on the job description and person specification. If you are enthusiastic and pro-active team player, we would love to hear from you! Visit us by clicking Apply below read up on us and the job and apply online!

Closing date: 11:59pm, Tuesday 13th May 2025

Clanmil Housing Association is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Recruitment records are held for two years as per our Data Retention Policy

We reserve the right to heighten the criteria based on demand

Further appointments may be made from this competition should Clanmil positions become vacant which require the same eligibility criteria and have similar duties and responsibilities.