Senior Carer in Wakefield

JustInTime Healthcare Services Limited; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Justintime Healthcare is seeking a Senior Carer to support safe, person-centred care across Bradford, Preston, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield. This is a full-time, field-based role supporting care staff, service users, families and the wider Homecare Division.

You will perform visits, spot checks, coordinate rosters, monitor care plans and safeguarding, and liaise with families and healthcare professionals. Travel across the listed towns is required, with training and onboarding provided.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a senior care or supervisory care role.
• Strong understanding of person-centred care, safeguarding and care-plan compliance.
• Confident communication and sound judgement to support a dispersed team.
• Willingness to travel across Bradford, Preston, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield.
• Commitment to training, checks and onboarding requirements.
• Applicants who share our commitment to safe, reliable, high-quality care are welcome.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior operational support to care staff and help maintain safe, consistent care.
• Carry out service-user visits, spot checks and observations, escalating concerns promptly.
• Support rota coverage, staffing coordination and continuity of care.
• Monitor care plans, risk assessments, safeguarding requirements and company procedures.
• Support audits, quality assurance activity, incident follow-up and accurate reporting.
• Liaise professionally with service users, families, carers, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders.
• Identify and elevate service-delivery, medication, health and safety, safeguarding or welfare concerns.
• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential records.

Skills

Senior care experience

Care coordination

Supervisory care

Person-centred care

Safeguarding

Care-plan compliance

Communication skills

Travel across locations

Training & onboarding

Job description

Justintime Healthcare is seeking an experienced and reliable Senior Carer to support the safe, person-centred delivery of care across Bradford, Preston, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield. This is a full-time, field-based role supporting care staff, service users, families and the wider Homecare Division.

What you will do

• Provide senior operational support to care staff and help maintain safe, consistent care delivery.
• Carry out service-user visits, spot checks and observations, escalating concerns promptly.
• Support rota coverage, staffing coordination and continuity of care.
• Monitor care plans, risk assessments, safeguarding requirements and company procedures.
• Support audits, quality assurance activity, incident follow-up and accurate reporting.
• Liaise professionally with service users, families, carers, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders.
• Identify and elevate service-delivery, medication, health and safety, safeguarding or welfare concerns.
• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential records.

What we are looking for

• Previous experience in a senior care, care-coordination or supervisory care role.
• Strong understanding of person-centred care, safeguarding and care-plan compliance.
• Confident communication, sound judgement and the ability to support a dispersed care team.
• Ability to travel across Bradford, Preston, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield.
• Commitment to completing required training, checks and onboarding requirements.
• We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to safe, reliable and high-quality care.

What to prepare

• An up-to-date candidate profile and contact details.
• Relevant work history, education, skills, and availability.
• Any documents requested by the recruitment team for this role.
• Right to work details or share code.
• Safer recruitment declaration.
• Right to Work evidencePhoto identification
• Relevant care qualifications or training certificates