Senior Care Assistant

Shift Details: 8 am-8 pm. Alternate weekends

At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; We recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supporting your career development with a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts. 

We are now seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as Senior Care Assistant.  

ABOUT THE ROLE 

Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant will be 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. 

Other responsibilities will include: 

• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting on care and care plans, ensuring that new needs are met, and written records are amended to reflect any variation. 
• Being involved in the person-centred care planning process, by implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations. 
• Supporting residents with their medication requirements.  
• Undertaking staff supervisions and supporting staff with their development where required.  
• Acting as a key point for contact with residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals involved in their wellbeing, ensuring that any reasonable requests are acted upon, and concerns or complaints are escalated. 

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 similar care environment.  
• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.  
• Have a positive attitude to both supporting and nurturing residents and staff. 
• Be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities. 

ABOUT AVERY  

As one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, we believe that the later years of our resident’s lives should be as enriching as any other.  Our vision of ‘creating meaningful lives together’ is reached by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice for residents and employees.  

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.