Team Leader Nights

Springcare Care Homes Ltd; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a caring and supportive team as a Senior Care Assistant, where your contributions can make a real difference in residents' lives. This role involves providing personal care, administering medication, and leading a dedicated team to ensure the highest standards of care. With flexible shift patterns and opportunities for professional development, this position offers a fulfilling career in a compassionate environment. Be part of a forward-thinking organization that values its staff and residents alike, providing a warm and nurturing atmosphere for everyone involved.

Benefits

Permanent full and part-time contracts

Early pay using Wage Stream App

Access to Blue Light Card

Ongoing CPD & Revalidation support

Fully funded training for qualifications

Refer a friend scheme

Access to counselling and wellbeing support

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Minimum level 3 in Health & Social Care required.
• Experience in a similar role and administering medication is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support residents with personal care and administer medication.
• Lead a team of care assistants and maintain accurate records.
• Communicate with external sources such as Doctors and Nurses.

Skills

Supportive nature

Patience

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Experience in administering medication

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

We have 36 hour vacancies available

Would you like to be a part of a caring, supportive team? We now have an opportunity for a Senior Care Assistant to join Springcare, where every day you can make a difference to someone’s life.

We believe that Senior Care Assistants have many great qualities that make them excellent at their job, and are an integral part of our care team:

What qualities does it take to be a Senior Care Assistant?

• Being supportive, both physically and emotionally to both residents and colleagues
• Patience and the ability to keep calm and work well under pressure
• Passion to help others to live later life well.
• Have a kind, warm and caring nature
• Communication skills, able to communicate well with both colleagues and residents
• Can work as part of a team and on their own
• Leadership skill and able to inspire and motivate others

Senior Care Assistants not only help to provide care to our residents, but they also help to make our residents' lives fulfilled, treat each resident with dignity & respect, and care for them all as if they were their own family.

Skills, knowledge, and experience required for the role:

As a Senior Care Assistant, you would hold a minimum of a level 3 in Health & Social Care, have experience administering medication, and have proven experience in a similar role.

The Role:

Some of the daily tasks that a Senior Care Assistant would carry out are:

• Supporting residents with personal care
• Administrating medication
• Maintaining accurate records
• Leading a team of care assistants, and assisting the nurse in charge
• Applying dressings as and when needed
• Taking any samples as and when necessary
• Communicating with external sources such as Doctors and District Nurses

Our care team provides 24-hour care, where day care shifts are worked from 8am until 8pm, and night-time shifts are from 8pm until 8am.

Typical Shift patterns for Nights

Night Shift Contracts

• 8pm until 8am

What Springcare can offer to you:

• Permanent full and part-time day or night contracts – with access to our workplace pension scheme
• Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay
• Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
• Full support with ongoing CPD & Revalidation and access to fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications with career progression opportunities
• Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support
• Family friendly policies
• Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal

Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.

If you are interested in becoming a Senior Care Assistant with Springcare, have the qualities that we believe make our Senior Care fantastic, we would love to hear from you and be a part of your new chapter in care.

Springcare is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.