Senior Care Lead & Senior Care Assistant
We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Care Lead and Senior Care Assistant to join our dedicated Care Team in our residential care home for older people in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. See our home .
Our enthusiastic and motivated care team provides care 24/7 for our residents. The Senior Care Lead and Senior Care Assistant role is vital in the residential care of older people, promoting their health and well-being on a personal level. Find out more about how we care for our residents:
Luff House offers residential care, dementia care and respite care along with retirement support in a superb, purpose-built environment on the fringes of Frinton-on-Sea. The health, well-being and happiness of our residents are of primary importance to us.
Responsibilities:
* Providing senior cover for the Home at all times, day and night, with the other members of the senior team.
* Taking a share of on-call cover as required with members of the management team.
* Supervise all staff on the Care Team during your period of duty (including among other responsibilities: taking responsibility for Health, Safety and Security; administering medications to residents; arranging cover for staff who are absent through sickness; etc).
* Devising, implementing and maintaining approved personal Care Plans and regularly monitoring the condition of family members, responding to observed changes and treatments being administered. Including:
* Providing appropriate levels of nutrition especially in the area of fortified or modified diets to prevent choking when a person is suffering from dysphagia, and malnutrition (as measured against the MUST tool). Administer PEG feeds if required to do so.
* Provide high quality, professional service of care to our residents.
* Help a resident with personal cleanliness such as helping a resident with a bath.
* Support residents to eat and drink.
* Get to know residents so as to comfort, assist and give reassurance when needed.
* Supervise the care and well-being of our residents.
* Ensure residents’ care plans are up-to-date.
* Support our residents to keep independent and healthy and encourage them to be part of the community within the home.
* Treat others as individuals with unique and diverse needs and treat our residents with dignity and respect.
* Assist in the care at end of life.
* In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, you are required to perform other duties assigned by your manager from time to time that are within your capabilities.
About you:
* You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have empathy with them;
* You must have a RQF accreditation in Health & Social care at level 2 or above;
* You have a minimum of 2 years of experience working as a Senior Care Assistant in residential care;
* You must be willing to both lead shifts and take a “hands-on” role as required; and
* You need to be able to work in a team and be willing to take on any task to provide an excellent level of care to our residents.
For more details please take a look at the Senior Care Lead and Senior Care Assistant .
Hours:
Full time: 39 hours per week
* Senior Care Lead: 24 hours per week across 3 days
* Senior Care Assistant: 15 hours across 2 days
* Alternate weekends included
Bank shifts available (to ensure cover for absence, sickness, holidays and relief).
Benefits:
* Senior Care Lead rate: £ Bank Holiday rate £
* Senior Care Assistant rate: £ / Bank Holiday rate £
* £500 joining bonus (on completion of probation and care certificate)
* weeks' holiday, including bank holidays
* Training & development
* Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
* Paid DBS checks
* Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
* Assigned buddy
* Ongoing support from management
* Flexible working: various working hours
* Team events
* Pension scheme
* Care Friends referral
* Medicash
* Perkbox – including an Employee assistance programme.
* Long-standing service rewards
* Birthday rewards
— What our staff say about us: …“It is a friendly and welcoming place to work” … —
Pilgrims’ Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Please note: this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received so please apply as soon as possible if interested