This role is for a Senior Care Assistant position at Avery Healthcare's Spencer House Care Home in Northampton. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting and working alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Care Assistant, your focus will be to monitor the wellbeing of each resident, be involved in the person‑centred care planning process, support residents with their medication requirements, and undertake staff supervisions. You will also act as a key point of contact for residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals.
About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. Avery is committed to helping their teams grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout their careers.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
Shift details: 8pm–8am including alternate weekends.
* Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting care plans, ensuring that new needs are met, and writing records are amended to reflect any variation.
* Being involved in the person‑centred care planning process, by implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations.
* Supporting residents with their medication requirements.
* Undertaking staff supervisions and supporting staff with their development where required.
* Acting as a key point of contact with residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals, ensuring that any reasonable requests are acted upon, and concerns or complaints are escalated.
About the role
Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant will be to support and work alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff.
About you
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.
* Have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
* Have 2 years experience working in a similar care environment.
* Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
* Have a positive attitude to both supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
* Be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.
About Avery
At Avery, we are not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and team alike. With our vision of “creating meaningful lives together,” we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Please note this role will require:
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will need to have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes, as well as 2 years' experience working in a similar care environment. You should also have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, and a positive attitude to supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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