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Senior Care Assistant
Are you a Senior Care Assistant looking to further develop your skills? Our Senior Care Assistants play a key role in ensuring each person living within our homes receive the care they need to live a fulfilling life.
Extraordinary People, Exceptional Care
Senior Care Assistant
Are you a Senior Care Assistant looking to further develop your skills? Our Senior Care Assistants play a key role in ensuring each person living within our homes receive the care they need to live a fulfilling life.
Rates Of Pay
* NVQ level 3 in Health and Social care: £13.80 per hour
Senior Care Assistant – Nights 22 hours per week
Introduction to the role
Orchard Care Homes is at the forefront of delivering high quality individual care to meet the person’s needs. Our focus is on ensuring medication is appropriate and providing meaningful activities to everyone.
As one of our Senior Care Assistants, you will be responsible for assessing the individuals needs and formulating person-centred care plans, ensuring that medical, physical, and emotional needs are met. Administering medication safely is paramount, all our senior care assistants are provided with additional training to ensure competency and knowledge of the medication used in our homes.
You will have previous care experience, within Older People’s care or within a dementia setting. It is a requirement to have a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care.
Main Duties
* To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate a high personalised standard of Nursing care which meets the individuals needs and the high standards expected at Orchard Care Homes.
* To always ensure individuals are treated with respect and dignity and that individual’s rights to privacy, independence and choice are met.
* You will be a team player who will lead, supervise, support and develop the care team.
* You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as will you be closely liaising with external professionals, individuals and relatives.
Benefits
* Access to Blue Light Discount Card & App.
* Excellent training and progression opportunities, from day one, with career pathways to enable you to grow and develop.
* Recognition schemes, such as ‘Making a Difference’ and an annual awards ceremony, recognising our dedicated staff team.
* Free Uniform and car parking.
* Access to our 24/7 Employee Support Hub offering confidential support on personal and professional issues.
About Orchard Care Homes
Nestled in the town of Houghton-le-Spring, which has its origins in Norman times, Paddock Stile Manor is a modern and established care home half way between Durham and Sunderland, and provides specialist residential care.
Orchard Care Homes has been providing care for older people for over 15 years. We are committed to being at the heart of the local community and delivering the same level of care that we would all wish for our loved ones.
“We proudly support the Armed Forces community and welcome applications from veterans, reservists, and military spouses as part of our commitment to the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We value the unique skills and experiences that service personnel bring and are dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.”
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