Senior Care Assistant

• Provide quality person-centred care in line with individual care plans in a warm, supportive, understanding and patient manner maintaining respect and dignity of residents at all times
• Act as a key worker for all residents, ensuring that these responsibilities are carried out in full
• Participate in the formulation and maintenance of individual care plans for each resident
• Administer medication to residents as prescribed, accurately maintaining appropriate records
• Liaise with other care professionals relating to the care needs of the residents
• Supervise and support the care team, ensuring high quality person-centred care is provided and that accurate records of daily care notes are made
• Always be alert to residents physical and mental wellbeing. Immediately report any changes in a resident''s condition to a Care Co-ordinator on duty.
• Accurately maintain and update residents'' records as required
• Respect and maintain confidentiality of resident''s personal information at all times, this includes resident''s behaviour and actions and any incidents that may occur
• Encourage, assist and support residents to participate in leisure activities as appropriate to the individual, ensuring their social, physical and emotional needs are met. This also includes escorting residents to outside appointments and leisure outings
• Responsible for making and changing beds, tidying resident''s rooms (with the resident''s permission) undertaking light cleaning duties and assisting to keep the Home clean, pleasant and welcoming
• Help to serve meals and drinks when required, taking care to present meals and refreshments in an attractive way, with polite and courteous service. Also, to provide the appropriate level of support and help for residents who need assistance to eat and drink
• Remain calm and collective in a busy and fast paced environment ensuring residents are at the heart of all that you do
• Support any other ad hoc duties required
• Work within companies policies and procedures and attend any training as required
• Understand and comply with statutory and legal requirements which are relevant, such as Health & Safety, COSHH, all aspects of the Health & Social Care Act, to maintain a safe environment throughout the home. Understand infection prevention and control
• Be an active and encouraging team member, contributing to team meetings and ensure the Home is a friendly and supportive working environment

Person Specification

Experience: Previous care or Care Home experience is desirable, Team Leader/Senior Care experience is Desirable

Qualifications: NVQ2 in Health & Social Care, Dementia Awareness is desirable, Completion of NVQ3 in Direct Care within 1 year of taking up post

Skills and abilities: Good communication, numeracy and literacy skills. A strong team worker. Reliable, punctual and committed. Willingness to develop new skills (to NVQ 3)

Values: Understand, demonstrate and promote diversity, equality and anti-discriminatory practice, and a commitment to the Vision and Values are essential, Supportive and patient, A warm and friendly

• Day shifts - 7am - 9pm with an hour unpaid break
• Night Shifts - 9pm - 7am with a 45 minute unpaid break
• Must be flexible 7 days a week
• Will be required to work alternate weekends
• Must have an NVQ 2 as minimum
• Must have a minimum of 6 months SCA experience within a residential and dementia home
• Minimum of 2 years in care

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.