Shift Leader (Care Homes)

Blue Octopus; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization supporting older people is looking for a Shift Leader to provide person-centred care and lead a compassionate team. Responsibilities include ensuring resident safety, overseeing care procedures, and staff supervision. Candidates should have at least 2 years of experience in a care setting and an NVQ Level 3 in health and social care. This role offers various employee benefits and a fulfilling opportunity to make a difference in residents' lives.

Benefits

Learning, development, and progression

Paid breaks

Monthly prize draw

Wellbeing support

Retail discount schemes

Affordable loans and salary advance

Health cash plans

Cycle to work scheme

Long service awards

Referral bonus

Group Pension Plan

Free parking

Pay enhancements for evenings and weekends

Uniforms provided

Free DBS checks

Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ experience in a care setting as a Team Leader.
• Comfortable administering medication.
• Compassionate nature with a positive can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Deliver person-centred care and support to residents.
• Lead the team in providing quality care in line with policies.
• Conduct supervisions and appraisals with staff.

Skills

Great communication

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Adaptability

Digital skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in health and social care

Working towards Level 4

Job description

Hours: Full Time (36 hours per week)

Working Pattern: Nights8pm - 8am shifts dependent on rota

Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 100 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.

Set in Woking, Surrey, we provide residential, nursing dementia care in modern, purpose-built facilities through a dedicated, well-trained, and compassionate team of staff.

Joining our dedicated team as a Shift Leader, you willbe responsible fordelivering person-centred care, unique toeach individual, supporting and enabling our residents tomaintainkey skills, personal interests, independence, choice, and dignity, so that they can lead fulfilled lives.

• You will make sure our residents are safe and comfortable.

• You will act as a champion for their safety and dignity.

• You will lead the team in providing quality, individualised care for our residents in line with procedures and policies.

• You will make sure that clear,accuraterecords are kept.

• You will follow our procedures for ordering, administering and dispensing medication.

• You will conduct supervisions and appraisals with the staff and promote their development.

• You willmaintaina safe, clean workplace and follow infection control protocols.

To ensure we can achieve this, our shift patterns include days and weekends

To succeed in this role, you will needgreat communicationand interpersonal skills, so that you can form great relationships with your residents and effectively handover information to colleagues. Number and digital skills are alsorequiredalong with the ability to problem solve and adapt to situations, and to recognise and report situations where there might be a need for safeguarding.

Working as a Shift Leader means no two days are the same.

You will have at least 2 years’ experience in a care setting,as a Team Leader, and will be comfortable administering medication. With a compassionate nature and a positive can-do attitude, you will be able to supervise your peers and take the initiative. An NVQ Level 3 in health and social careandideally working towards Level4.

We will provide you with all the outstanding training and tools that you need; all we ask is a willingness to learn and a genuine enthusiasm to encourage others to live their lives to the full.

Thisisn’tjust a job;it’sabout making a difference to older people’s lives every day.

In return for your hard work and dedication, you can look forward to a wealth of benefits:

• Learning, development, and progression.

• Paid breaks.

• Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.

• Wellbeing support through various initiatives including an employeeassistanceprogramme

• Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.

• Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earnt.

• Health cash plans for you and your family.

• Cycle to work scheme.

• Long service awards, that increase with length of service.

• Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.

• Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.

• Free parking at our homes and day clubs.

• Evening, weekend, and bank holiday enhancements to pay, as well as overtime premiums.

• Uniforms are provided.

• Free DBS checks

Safeguarding:

Keeping everyone safe is one of the charity’scorevalues andis central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.

Criminal record checks:

As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other’s differences. A charity where everyone is equal butdefinitely notthe same.

Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts andretainsthe best people. People that care and can make a difference.

We currently do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.

Don’tdelay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.

Please refer to the job description uponsubmittingyour application.