Senior Night Care Assistant
Location: Great Wyrley, WS6
Hours: 36 hours per week (12-hour shifts, 8pm-8am)
Rate of Pay: £12.80 per hour
Contract: Nights
Nestled in a peaceful rural setting just four miles from Walsall town centre, this specialist care home offers a warm, welcoming environment for both residents and staff. Its a purpose-built, two-storey home provides exceptional residential, dementia, respite and short-stay care, supported by modern facilities including spacious lounges, dining rooms, a café, an on-site pub, and luxurious en-suite bedrooms.
Offering a secure, landscaped dementia-friendly garden offers a calming outdoor space enjoyed throughout the year alongside an excellent training and development centre based on site for your own professional development
We are now seeking a Senior Night Care Assistant to join this dedicated team and help them to continue delivering outstanding person-centred care.
⭐ What You'll Bring as a Senior Care Assistant:
We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Strong experience supervising care staff
- Proven ability in care planning and high-quality care delivery
- Experience in ordering, administering, and safely storing medication
- Excellent communication skills
- A solid understanding of health, safety and welfare
- Ability to work independently and use initiative
- Flexibility to support a 7‑day rota
- Professional boundaries while working as part of a team
Qualifications & Training for the Senior Care Assistant role:
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or equivalent)
- Up-to-date statutory and mandatory training, including:
- Fire Safety, COSHH, Health & Safety
- Dignity, Elder Abuse, Care Act 2014
- Moving & Handling
- Infection Control
- Managing Behaviours that Challenge / Safety Intervention
- Safe Administration of Medication
- Safeguarding
- Food Hygiene
Experience & Knowledge as a Senior Care Assistant:
- Dementia awareness and experience supporting individuals with complex needs
- Strong background in person-centred care
- Experience supervising staff and managing shift allocations
- Auditing care documentation and incident reporting
- Knowledge of safe medication practices
- Understanding of skill mix and team leadership
- Essential knowledge of health, safety and welfare
Preferred candidates will also have experience working with older adults and individuals living with dementia.
Why join this outstanding team as a Senior Care Assistant?
You'll be part of a compassionate, supportive team in a beautifully designed home that truly values its staff teamed with the below benefits:
- Paid Breaks + Paid handover time
- 24/7 Management support on-site and off site
- Excellent staffing to patient ratios
- Superb ongoing training delivered face: face at on-site state-of-the-art training suite and off.
- Excellent career development opportunities
- Company Pension Scheme
- Staffing rotas visible at least 4 weeks in advance
- Free Staff Parking/Subsidised staff meals plus many other benefits
- Pay reviews based on competencies and capabilities
For more information on the Senior Care Assistant role contact Sarah at Time Recruitment today!