Senior Care Assistant – Toray Pines in Coningsby

Location: Toray Pines, Coningsby

Hours: Full-Time and Part-Time

Qualifications

• Working towards or have achieved NVQ level 2 / 3 Care Training programmes.
• Willingness to participate in Vocational Training programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a competent role model to the team and ensure high levels of care are maintained.
• Support and assist clients during daily living activities, and organize care assistants throughout shifts.
• Provide training and supervision of junior and new team members under supervision of senior team members.
• Act as a key worker, assisting clients with physical, emotional and spiritual care needs, ensuring clients retain comfort and dignity.
• Pay particular attention to clients with limited mobility or physical/learning difficulties, making best use of aids provided.
• Closely monitor clients who may be confused and/or with behavioural problems.
• Assist in the promotion of continence.
• Assist in the delivery of care for clients who are dying or have progressive illness and assist with last offices.
• Complete, observe and review care planning needs and daily written records as instructed in line with company policies and procedures.
• Carry out regular checks during night shift as required by care plan.
• Assist in the framework of social activities by interacting with clients and helping them with hobbies and activities.
• Welcome visitors and provide refreshments or assistance as needed.
• Report on client well-being and liaise with GPs, support managers etc.
• Ensure rooms are clean and tidy, commodes emptied, and waste disposal follows policy.
• Clean and maintain equipment used by clients or relatives (wheelchairs, hearing aids, spectacles).
• Maintain the care home’s cleanliness and uphold company’s attention to detail philosophy.
• Care for clients’ clothing and ensure records are accurate and clearly marked.
• Maintain privacy and dignity of the dying and bereaved in line with policies and procedures.
• Assist clients during mealtimes, mindful of swallowing difficulties, dietary requirements; serve food and drinks as required.
• Escort clients to and from the care home, outings, hospital visits etc.
• Dispense medication and record information after completion of Safe Handling of Medicines course.
• Carry out holistic assessments for newly admitted clients covering nutrition, incontinence, risk assessment etc.

Communication

• Participate in staff and client meetings as required.
• Provide clear and concise handover reports to all team members in a timely manner.

Training and Development

• Maintain professional knowledge and competence.
• Attend mandatory training days and courses on or off site as required.
• Participate in all relevant training to achieve required qualifications.

General Responsibilities

• Promote and ensure the good reputation of the care home.
• Maintain confidentiality of information gained during duty.
• Notify the Registered Manager or person in charge promptly of any inability to report for duty and any absence.
• Maintain security of the care home at all times.
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
• Ensure all equipment is clean and well maintained.
• Carry out any other tasks reasonably assigned.
• Stay up to date with the company staff handbook.

Benefits

• Competitive rates of pay, stable shift patterns and abundant benefits.
• Free tunic when you begin.
• Meals included on shift.
• Induction and initial training for the role you begin.
• Ongoing refresher training, staff development and unique training tailored to your route.
• Team member wellbeing support.
• Time and a half on all bank holidays.
• Refer a friend scheme.
• Access to Blue Light card (discounts on high street brands, hotels, festivals, motoring, mobile phone, holidays, cinemas, health and fitness, gyms, supermarket shopping).
• Access to free will writing service.

Additional Benefits

• Discounted or free food.
• Employee discount.
• On-site parking.
• Referral programme.

Schedule

• 12 hour shift.
• Day shift.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: £11.00 per hour