This is a role for a Senior Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, and to create a safe, caring, inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff.
Main duties
Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant is 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. You will 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 and support staff development. You will act as a key point of contact for residents, their relatives and visitors, and health and social care professionals.
* Monitor the wellbeing of each resident, noting any changes impacting care and care plans, ensure that new needs are met, and update written records accordingly.
* Be involved in the person-centred care planning process, by implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations.
* Support residents with their medication requirements.
* Undertake staff supervisions and support staff development where required.
* Act as a key point of contact for residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals, ensuring reasonable requests are acted upon and concerns or complaints are escalated as needed.
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 their team, and believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other. With over 100 homes across the country, Avery is committed to building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
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.
Our ideal candidate must:
* 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 toward 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 our team. 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. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.
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 must have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes, as well as 2 years\' experience working in a similar care environment. You must also have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, a positive attitude to supporting and nurturing residents and staff, and be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.
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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