Senior Care Assistant

Job Description

Magnolia House is looking for a full time Day Senior Care Assistant to add to our team. We are a residential and dementia Care home for the elderly.

Our vision of keeping kindness at the heart of our care underpins the ethos of our entire organisation. We are committed to ensuring our residents, who chose Magnolia House to support them in their later years, are able to live a happy and contented life full of wonderful experiences and memories.

Responsibilities

• Lead staff on shift
• Guide and support staff
• Carry out supervisions
• Promote good practice
• Ensure and assist to ensure schedules are being completed
• Administer medication to residents
• Care planning for our elderly residents
• Dealing with healthcare professionals, doctors, social workers and families of the elderly.
• Manage a shift competently with the support of the Home manager, and Team Leaders

Requirements

• Minimum NVQ 2 and or working towards NVQ3 or higher.
• Undergo a DBS check which the company would meet the cost of.
• Experience working within a Care Home setting is essential and required
• PLEASE BE AWARE WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE

We work on a two weekly rolling rota from 7am-7pm, the shift pattern is as follows:

Week 1

– Monday, Tuesday, Saturday Sunday

Week 2

-Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £12.32 per hour

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £12.32 per hour

Benefits:

• Company events
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Holidays

Application question(s):

• We are currently unable to offer sponsorship

Experience:

• Senior Care Assistant: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 2 or 3 Health & Social Care (required)

Skills / Qualifications:

• health and social care level 3