Location: On site / Walkmill Cl, Moresby Parks, Whitehaven CA28 8XR, UK
job type: Casual / Part-time
Sector and subsector: Medical & Healthcare | Healthcare Assistants
HourlyFixed salary: £ 13.47
Senior Care Assistant - Bank
Could you do a job where you change lives?
Do you have care experience?
We are currently looking to appoint a compassionate and committed Senior Care Assistant to join our dynamic Care Team at Cumbria Emmaus House Care Home. See our beautiful home here.
The Senior Care Assistant role is vital inresidential care of the older people, promoting their health and well-being on a personal level.
Each of our homes and schemes are rooted in the Christian faith that expresses God’s love through compassion and care. Our Christian background is at the heart of both our values and actions to ensure that the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs are met to all residents.
Responsibilities:
- Provide a high quality, professional service of care to our residents.
- 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).
- 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 themto 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.
- You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have an empathy with them;
- You will preferably have a RQF accreditation in Health &Social care at level 3 or above;
- You haveexperience working as a Senior CareAssistant in residential care;
- You must be willing to both leadshifts 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.
As a member of our Care Team , we require you to have previous care experience.
Shifts: Day and Night Bank shifts available. Shifts are 7am - 7pm, 7pm-7am
- Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
- Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
- Ongoing support from management
- Guaranteed hours
- Flexible working: various working hours
- Employee assistance programme
- Team events
- Recommend a Friend Scheme
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