Senior Care Worker

Overview

As a Senior Care Worker at Clashfarquhar, you will combine hands‑on care with responsibility for supporting staff and maintaining high standards across the service. You will lead by example, ensuring people supported experience dignity, reassurance and consistent, person‑centred care while contributing to the smooth day‑to‑day running of the service.

• Provide high‑quality personal care and emotional support in line with individual care plans
• Act as a role model for care staff, offering guidance and day‑to‑day support
• Support shift coordination and contribute to safe, effective service delivery
• Monitor wellbeing, record observations and elevate concerns appropriately
• Promote dignity, choice and independence at all times
• Work closely with managers to uphold care standards, policies and procedures

You will be an experienced care professional who is confident supporting both people and staff within a care environment. You understand the importance of consistency, reassurance and leadership, and you communicate clearly and calmly. You will hold an SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and be registered with SSSC, or be willing to work towards registration. You will also have the ability to complete PDA supervision, PDA medication, SVQ Level 4 and the workplace assessors’ award, supporting the development of staff and maintaining high standards across the service.

• A senior role within one dedicated service
• Supportive, values‑led team environment
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Competitive pay and generous holiday entitlement
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference every day

If you are ready to take the next step in your care career and want to join the team at Clashfarquhar, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and be part of a service that values strong leadership and compassionate care. 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…