Job description

SENIOR CARE ASSISTANT

Seacroft Grange Care Village is a purpose built care home which can home up to 95 residents in the heart of Seacroft, Leeds. We are lucky to have luxury facilities such as a Hairdressers, Spa Bathrooms, Bistro and Cinema! We are currently looking for a part time Senior Care Assistant for our Night Team.

We have a number of residents who have different needs such as residential care, nursing care, dementia care, social care and younger adults so no two days are the same. Due to this we are able to offer different experiences and opportunities work with different client groups to further your experiences and knowledge.

We are looking for 1 full time or 2 part time staff to work as part of our Night Senior team. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of two years recent Care Assistant experience.

Purpose of the Position

To offer excellent quality care to our residents maintaining their physical and emotional wellbeing within a safe and friendly environment, allowing them personal choices to retain their personhood, to maintain the dignity of our residents and act with respect at all times.

To support the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager to ensure the above remit is maintained. To mentor and assist new and less experienced members of staff and act as a role model for excellent quality care. To work effectively with ancillary staff to ensure the environment is maintained to a high standard.

To maintain the ethos of Seacroft Grange Care Village and to champion a person centred approach to all aspects of care, keeping the residents at the centre of any care delivered.

To enhance personal skills and training and actively pursue continual professional development opportunities.

To ensure you are an ambassador for Seacroft Grange Care Village when dealing with any health and social care colleagues, relatives, friends and advocates of our residents, both inside and outside of the premises.

To be able to physically undertake all care tasks attributed to all residential and EMI Care.

Principle Duties

• Mentoring and peer supervising care workers and ensuring the correct documentation is completed and any problems, issues or concerns are reported to shift leader.
• Ensuring care and ancillary staff feel supported to complete their roles and are able to discuss any concerns issues or problems. To ensure communication lines are open and all staff are aware of any information appertaining to the care and wellbeing of the residents, changes to work procedures, or any changes to the working environment.
• Quality care for all residents including the correct use of moving and handling equipment, risk assessments when caring for residents who may be at risk of falls, or who may harm themselves or others, maintaining excellent standards of personal care, ensuring all residents have access to the local community, garden, and the outside world.
• Ensuring residents have food and drink in a method that they can manage, or with assistance. Reading and maintaining the correct documentation for all aspects of resident care, being able to offer support, practically and emotionally and to enlist the help of others when necessary, such as doctors, district nurses, counsellors, family members, ensuring residents personal belongings and clothing are kept safe and treated with respect and maintained when necessary.
• Ensuring all the home’s policies and procedures are adhered to and the ethos of person centred care is adapted to all care tasks. To maintain the emotional and physical health of residents and offer opportunities for physical and mental stimulation throughout the care shift. To ensure care of a resident is of an excellent quality from admission through to end of life care.
• Maintaining a safe, clean environment including assisting with tasks to ensure the environment is maintained to an excellent standard, waste is disposed of correctly.
• Ensuring communal areas are regularly cleaned and maintained throughout the shift and that equipment is available to ensure all care and cleaning tasks can be undertaken.
• Notifying management if equipment or facilities within the care home need attention, i.e. broken equipment, any malfunction of the heating, lighting, call bell etc and repairs needed to equipment used for moving and handling.
• When qualified with accredited training, to ensure medication is administered correctly and safely and any issues reported to management immediately.
• To ensure all documentation is completed correctly and any queries with medication management raised to the Deputy Manager or Registered Manager immediately in writing.
• To ensure all food and drinks are served in the preferred method, taking into account residents’ nutritional needs, abilities, and personal likes and dislikes.
• To ensure all food and drink is served maintaining the guidelines of food hygiene and in a way that promotes healthy eating, gives residents time to finish their meal, and promotes a person centred approach.
• To maintain the home’s approach to promoting community life by welcoming visitors with a professional approach, offering them refreshments, and ensuring where available, they have private space to speak to their loved one if needed.
• To ensure visitors have signed in the visitor’s book for fire regulation purposes and to ensure the home is displayed in a welcoming manner.

Rewards and Benefits

We commit to making your time with us happy and fulfilling and we will offer you the opportunity to work in a vibrant and friendly atmosphere where you will be supported to develop both personally and professionally.

Following successful completion of six months you are automatically entered into a healthcare plan which you can add you children to (up to 5 children) which covers cashback for healthcare, dental care, opticians, access to an online GP service, access to mental health support and so much more! We also offer you 2 years payment for your blue light card which guarantees access to savings across so many different things such as food shopping, resort access and restaurant deals plus many more!

Here at Springfield the wellbeing of our staff is a priority, and we also understand that the cost of living is having an impact on us all. So, we’re proud to offer an exceptional package of benefits to help support your health and finances. Our healthcare plan and discount card combine to offer you 24/7 access to doctors and counsellors, cashback on prescriptions, eye care, dental care and more, plus discounts at 100s of well-known high-street stores. On top of our competitive rates of pay, excellent training, mental health first aiders, award schemes and great career progression, this makes Springfield a fantastic place to work for you and your career.

All nights are waking nights.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Part-time

Salary: £10.55 per hour

Reference ID: 181941INDCV

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