At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a care team, support residents, and ensure top-notch care.
- Company: Join the Mariposa Care family, where your role matters.
- Benefits: Great pay, bonuses, training, and private healthcare options.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace with opportunities for growth and support.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in residents' lives while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in care and team supervision required.
The predicted salary is between 14.71 - 14.71 £ per hour.
Hourly rate: £14.71 per hour
Location: Derwent care home
Contract: Permanent
Plus enjoy lots of great benefits when you join the Mariposa Care family. Looking for your next step in care? Join our amazing team and lead the way! At Derwent, we’re searching for an experienced Senior Care Assistant (Nights) to help guide our incredible care team and support our residents in living happy, healthy and independent lives. If you’ve got experience in care and have previously helped to supervise a team, this could be the perfect role for you.
What’s the job about? As a Senior Carer, you’ll combine hands‑on care with supervisory duties. It’s all about ensuring that every resident receives the very best care while mentoring and supporting your colleagues to be their best. Here’s a flavour of what you’ll be doing:
- Coaching and mentoring your team so they’re confident and skilled in every part of their role.
- Supporting residents with a range of personal care needs, while making sure dignity, respect and privacy are always maintained.
- Ensuring every resident has a comprehensive and up-to-date care plan that reflects their needs, and making sure your team follows it to the letter.
- Dispensing medication with accuracy and care, keeping detailed records as you go.
This role is a mix of hands‑on care and supervisory responsibilities, so you’ll need to feel comfortable juggling tasks while always keeping our residents’ happiness and wellbeing at the heart of everything you do.
Why join us? We know how important our Senior Carers are, so we make sure you feel appreciated and supported. Here’s what we offer:
- Great pay with enhanced overtime rates (+£2 p/h)
- Unlimited £1,000 ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus.
- Fully funded training and qualifications including opportunities to develop your leadership skills.
- Annual pay reviews.
- Private healthcare options to help with costs like dental or optical treatments.
- A caring, supportive workplace where you can thrive.
Our recruitment process: If you’re offered a role with us, it will be conditional on some standard checks, like references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We also need you to have good English and numeracy skills, plus a passion for caring and helping our residents to thrive. We want every candidate to feel supported and able to perform at their best during the recruitment process. If you need any assistance or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage, just drop us an email at recruitment@mariposacare.com - we’ll be happy to help.
At Mariposa Care, we’re committed to building a fair and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from everyone, no matter your age, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, belief, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.
Job titles can vary – this role is also known as senior carer, senior healthcare assistant, senior support worker, social care.
Senior Night Care Assistant in Newcastle upon Tyne employer: Mariposa Care Group Ltd
At Mariposa Care, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and nurturing environment for our Senior Night Care Assistants at Derwent care home. With competitive pay, unlimited referral bonuses, and fully funded training opportunities, we empower our team to grow and excel in their careers while ensuring our residents receive the highest quality of care. Join us to be part of a caring workplace that values your contributions and fosters personal and professional development.
