Description
Job description
Job Description
Are you an experienced care professional looking for a new challenge? Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at Trafalgar care home?
Come and join the Agincare family as a Senior Care Assistant - Night Shifts
Where you'll be working:
• Click here to view the care home: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/dorset/trafalgar-care-and-home-weymouth/
• Care Quality Commission Rating - https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-339875071
As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy:
• £12.60 per hour
• £500 welcome bonus
• Refer a friend scheme earn up to £1000*
• Outstanding career development
• Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
• Blue Light care discount package
• Company pension scheme
What is required from you?
• A minimum of 24 months on your right to work in the UK
• NVQ Level 2 - Health and Social care qualification.
• NVQ Level 3 - Health and Social Care qualification or be working towards.
• Required to work alternate weekends.
• Full time availability of 36 hours for night shifts.
A day in the life of a Senior Care Assistant
• Person-centred care - You will ensure that residents receive personal care from you and your team including bathing, dressing and oral care within their preferences, and actively promote right to choice and independence
• Review - You will contribute to and carry out care reviews with your residents to ensure their plans reflect their needs.
• Medication - You will administer residents' medication in a safe and supportive and compliant way
• Social Activity - You will lead in and participate in trips out, social engagements and activities within the home.
• Leadership - you may support new starters or existing staff with shadowing and development, and may be called up on to lead the home where more senior managers are not available.
About Agincare
We’re a family run business caring for people since 1986. With 4,000 team members, we’re one of the UK’s largest care providers and are continuing to grow. We have over 100 locations across our care homes, home care branches, extra care schemes, supported living properties and live-in offices.
Agincare are signatories of the Care Leaver Covenant and are committed to supporting care leavers to live independently. We are proud to be able to offer a guaranteed interview to care leavers, or an informal conversation about our career opportunities.
All of our care services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all.
• Welcome and refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions
