Job Summary
This is a role as a Senior Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, a large provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the care team in delivering high-quality, person-centered care to residents, while also taking on supervisory duties and acting as a key point of contact for residents, their families, and healthcare professionals.
Main Duties of the Job
As a Senior Care Assistant, you will focus on supporting and working 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. This will involve monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being involved in the care planning process, supporting residents with their medication requirements, and undertaking staff supervisions.
About Us
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are committed to creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, and believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other. With over 100 homes across the country, Avery offers exceptional care in a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.
Job Responsibilities
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 changes impacting 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.
Minimum Requirements
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 a 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.
Additional Information
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.
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