Care Assistant in Brentwood

We are an award-winning home care provider that offers affordable home care solutions for adults and the elderly who prefer to stay at home while maintaining quality of life and reducing daily routine disruptions. We provide care services ranging from a few hours of visiting care to 24/7 live-in care.

Job Overview:

• To provide leadership to the care staff within the service.
• To provide care in accordance with current best practices, according to policy and procedures, agreed standards, legislative requirements and relevant regulations, under the direction of the Manager.
• To supervise the care services within the organisation in accordance with agreed standards.
• To maintain skills at a current level, and undertake such training and development as may, from time to time, be required to maintain practices as up to date.

Working Pattern:

The Senior Care Assistant role is a management role both office and field based.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job:

• Ensure service users are at the heart of the care delivery and their wishes and preferences enhance their wellbeing.
• Supervise staff and ensure that all staff contribute to the efficient running of the service.
• Be responsible for promoting and protecting the welfare of those individuals supported by the service.
• Develop effective working relationships with other employees within the service.
• Work in cooperation with members of multidisciplinary teams to maximise opportunities for service users.
• Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by management.

Skills and Attributes:

• Good English – written and verbal.
• Vocational qualification level 3 Health and Social Care.
• Supervisory or management qualification.
• Ability to induct and orientate new employees to the job role and service.
• Organise and plan supervision and appraisals for care staff.
• Provide and oversee staff providing people with support/assistance as they accomplish daily tasks, including bathing, eating, dressing, grooming and using the bathroom.
• Dispense medication following the services policies and procedures.
• Communicate any problems, concerns or changes to service users' family members as needed.
• Build rapport with service users by establishing personal connections and showing interest in their lives.
• Effective communication within the multidisciplinary team, with service users and their families/friends, and responsive to alternative methods of communication.
• Greet visitors and show prospective service users and families the facilities as required.
• Adapt to and address situations quickly, plan care provision, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and wellbeing, and report situations requiring protection.
• Previous experience of working in a similar environment.
• Previous experience of working in a similar supervisory role.
• Experience of working with service users, particularly those that may have additional support needs.
• Knowledge of rota planning ensuring adequate staff on duty with correct skill mix and fair allocation of off duty/annual leave.
• Involve Service Users, families, external agencies and colleagues.
• Speak up when things go wrong.
• Understand person-centred care and can demonstrate treating people as individuals and respecting choices.
• Promote independence and encourage appropriate risk taking.
• Ensure no one is discriminated against or excluded.
• Understand human rights and impact on care delivery.
• Facilitate people to speak up about concerns and act upon them.
• Strive for quality in everything we do, recognising and understanding what quality in care means for people using the services.
• Accept criticism and focus on improvement.
• Be open to new opportunities for learning and identifying the limits of skills and knowledge.
• Treat people with kindness.
• Understand the importance of empathy in all areas of employment.
• Understand the values of others and always provide a caring service.
• Focus on how things could be done better and share ideas.
• Understand wellbeing and what is important to people using the service.
• Improve outcomes for people.
• Ensure appropriate services are provided for people using the services.

Benefits:

• £14 per hour.
• Bonus.
• Contracted hours.
• Paid mileage.
• Pension contribution.
• Paid training time.
• Free DBS.
• Fully funded QCF in health and social care.
• Paid induction time and shadowing.

We will accept experienced and entry level Senior Care Assistants if they show a genuine passion for caring. What is essential is your brilliant positive energy and the natural ability to get along with people, be truly compassionate and considerate. Please be aware that all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced disclosure and any offer of employment will be subject to rigorous employment checks.