Senior Community Care Assistant

Make a Real Difference Every Day

Are you a Senior Care Professional ready to step up and lead in the field? My Homecare Gloucester is looking for an experienced Senior Community Care Assistant to oversee care quality, supervise teams, and ensure exceptional service delivery in the community. This is a hands‑on leadership role for someone who thrives on autonomy, sound judgement, and making a real difference.

Working alongside the Registered Manager and Deputy Care Managers
, you will be the senior presence in the field - mentoring staff, monitoring quality and stepping in to deliver care when needed. You'll assess competencies, support complex care packages and serve as the first point of escalation for our Care Professionals.

• Deliver high quality, person centered care in line with individual care plans
• Supervise, mentor and coach Care Professionals through shadow shifts, observations and spot checks
• Support complex and higher risk care packages
• Complete competency assessments and sign off new starters during induction
• Act as the visible senior lead and first point of escalation in the community
• Identify, manage and escalation safeguarding, medication and quality concerns
• Provide out of hours advice and decision making support as part of the on call rota

• Full UK driving license and access to a
  vehicle
• Currently working as a Senior Care Professional
• Minimum 1 year of experience in domiciliary care
• Proven ability to supervise staff and assess competence in practice
• Strong understanding of care plans, medication support, safeguarding and CQC standards
• Confidence working independently in the community with sound decision‑making skills
• Female only due to client preference - see below

• Full time and part time guaranteed hours contracts
• Participation in
  on call rota
• Flexibility for mornings, evenings and weekends - this is not a 9 to 5 role
• Mornings
  : 6:30am - 2:30pm
• Evenings
  : 3:30pm - 10pm / 10:30pm

• A clearly defined senior field-based role with genuine autonomy
• Competitive salary reflecting your experience and responsibilities
• Supportive, accessible management team that trusts you to lead
• Opportunity to shape service quality and safety in your community

Due to the specific needs and expressed preferences of the individuals we support, this position is open to female applicants only.

Many of our clients require assistance with personal care and have requested support from female care workers to maintain their privacy, dignity and cultural or religious beliefs.

This requirement is permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010, which allows employers to apply a genuine occupational requirement where being of a particular sex is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and assess all applications fairly and based on merit.