The Grove. An Allegra Care Home.
Our mission is to provide a caring environment for our residents, enabling a fulfilling and meaningful life with dignity. Providing the highest quality of care is at the core of our values, for residents, families and staff alike.
We have a wonderful reputation for providing optimum levels of nursing care to residents in a safe and secure environment. With a loyal and friendly staff base, we provide a comfortable and caring service and environment serving tasty food, regular activities, and a real ‘home from home’ feel.
Job summary:
We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Care Assistant who can commit to looking after our residents’ health, wellbeing and happiness and lead a team of carers on our day or night shifts.
You’ll be helping our residents feel comfortable and safe while they enjoy an exceptional quality of life in an atmosphere of respect, trust and joy with a real passion to make someone’s day.
We have a full-time days or nights (36 hours) role available. (8am - 8pm, or 8pm - 8am) including alternate weekends.
The hourly rate is £13.00
Responsibilities:
* Your day-to-day tasks will include helping with residents’ social activities,
* Serving food that has been freshly prepared by our chef
* Tidying resident's rooms
* Answering help bells
* Assisting with dressing and personal care
* You will be reliable, dependable and a team player who is willing to help others and will genuinely want to make a difference
* Supervising carers, delegating tasks and ensuring standards are met when leading the shift.
* Able to calmly deal with emergencies.
You must present a culture of professionalism, positivity and passion for the industry we work in. The best Care Assistants are those who are dedicated, compassionate and energetic. You will have worked in care for at least two years and have some supervisory experience.
Required skills:
* Medication trained.
* Excellent communication, including written and spoken English.
* Organisation and methodical working, with exceptional attention to detail especially focused on documentation
* Good customer service and people skills
* You will be reliable, dependable and a team player who is willing to help others and will genuinely want to make a difference
* You will demonstrate genuine enthusiasm towards the role and the care sector
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Career Development opportunities
* Referral programme
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