Senior Care Assistant

Overview

Senior Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK.

This role supports the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care in a safe, caring, innovative, inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff.

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Shift Details
: fixed-term contract, both day and night shifts available

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we are here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you will be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.

As part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting their 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 of 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.

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in care for care homes.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a similar care environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Positive attitude to supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
• Responsive and flexible, able to cover a range of responsibilities.

• DBS Disclosure check (cost met by Avery Healthcare).
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and employees, with a vision of “creating meaningful lives together”. Avery offers exceptional care across its growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary to submit a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.