Senior Night Care Worker

As a Senior Care Worker with Cross Reach, you will play a key role in leading and supporting a care team that delivers high-quality, person-centred care to older people. You will set the standard on shift, bringing calm leadership, compassion and professionalism to ensure care is delivered with dignity, respect and consistency.

What your role will involve
Leading and supporting care staff, including rota planning and allocation of duties
Providing management cover and ensuring a safe, welcoming and well-run environment
Overseeing care planning, medication management and quality standards
Supervising, appraising and supporting staff development and learning
Promoting wellbeing through respectful, person-centred care and positive leadership

About you
You are a confident and compassionate leader who supports others with clarity, empathy and integrity. You are comfortable taking responsibility, making decisions and leading by example. This role requires the post holder to have a Christian faith and to work within and uphold the Christian ethos of Cross Reach.

You will hold an SVQ Level 3 in Social Care and be willing to work towards PDA Supervision, PDA Medication, SVQ Level 4 and the Workplace Assessor Award. You will have basic IT skills, be registered with the SSSC and be a member of the PVG Scheme.

What you will gain
Ongoing professional development and leadership training
A supportive, reflective and values-led team culture
The opportunity to lead care that makes a meaningful difference every day

How to apply

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you are ready to take the next step in your care career and lead with purpose, apply today and join Cross Reach.

We also offer you a range of benefits that you would expect from an organisation that support others.

Firstly, there is access to a wide range of exclusive retail and leisure discounts through our rewards scheme and the Blue Light Discount card. We also ensure that your future and that of your loved ones is secured with a generous contributory pension plan and death in service benefit. Balancing work and family are made easier with our suite of enhanced family friendly policies and your health and wellness are prioritised with access to our health cash plan, giving you cash back for a wide range of health treatments.

We even have access to a care concierge service to assist you with life's challenges, providing invaluable support when you need it most.

But we also know that your training and development is important to you, and as well as a contribution to your professional membership fees, we are keen to support you in making the right steps to learn, grow and develop in ways that are right for you.

Cross Reach has been at the forefront of high quality social care for over 150 years, providing loving care to people of all ages and supporting them to live life to the full whatever their circumstances. During that time, we have worked hard to understand the needs of the people who turn to us for help and with them have been at the forefront of pioneering services which have literally changed thousands of lives for the better.

Today we are one of the largest social care providers in Scotland, with experience across a broad range of services. We are still growing, learning, and improving, thanks to the incredible people we have the privilege to support, and all those who support us. We are part of the Church of Scotland and aim to provide social care services and specialist resources in Christ’s name to further the caring work of the Church to people in challenging circumstances.

As we do our work in Christ’s name the job you have applied for requires you to have a Christian faith and be able to work within and uphold our Christian Ethos. This is an Occupational Requirement under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

This post requires you to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and undertake the necessary vetting checks. You will also be required to be registered with SSSC and it is your professional responsibility to ensure that you meet the standards and criteria for registration.

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