Senior Care Assistant

The Senior Care Assistant role at Crecy care home in Weymouth offers an experienced care professional the opportunity to work in a rewarding environment with a welcoming and specialized support team. The role involves providing person-centered care, administering medication, leading social activities, and potentially supporting new or existing staff.

As a Senior Care Assistant at Crecy care home, you will ensure that residents receive personalized care, including bathing, dressing, and oral care, while actively promoting their right to choice and independence. You will contribute to and carry out care reviews to ensure residents' plans reflect their needs. Additionally, you will administer residents' medication in a safe and compliant manner, as well as lead and participate in trips, social engagements, and activities within the home.

You may also be called upon to support new or existing staff with shadowing and development, and potentially lead the home when more senior managers are not available.

Agincare Homes Holdings is a family-run business that has been caring for and supporting people since 1986. With over 4,500 team members, they are one of the UK's largest care providers and are continuing to grow, with over 100 locations across England including care homes, home care branches, extra care schemes, supported living properties, and live-in offices. Agincare is committed to supporting care leavers and offers a guaranteed interview or informal conversation about career opportunities.

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Description:

Are you an experienced care professional looking for a new challenge? Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at Crecy care home?

Come and join the Agincare family as a Senior Care Assistant.

• to view the care home:
• Care Quality Commission Rating - Good

• £12.75 per hour
• Refer a friend scheme earn up to £1000
• Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
• Company pension scheme
• On demand pay

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
• 48 hours per week

• Person-centred care - You will ensure that residents receive personal care from you and your team including bathing, dressing and oral care within their preferences, and actively promote right to choice and independence
• Review - You will contribute to and carry out care reviews with your residents to ensure their plans reflect their needs.
• Medication - You will administer residents' medication in a safe and supportive and compliant way
• Social Activity - You will lead in and participate in trips out, social engagements and activities within the home.
• Leadership - you may support new starters or existing staff with shadowing and development, and may be called up on to lead the home where more senior managers are not available.

We're a family run business that's been caring and supporting people since 1986. With over 4,500 team members, we're one of the UKs largest care providers and are continuing to grow. We have over 100 locations across England including our care & nursing homes, home care branches, extra care schemes, supported living properties and live-in offices.

Agincare are signatories of the Care Leaver Covenant and are committed to supporting care leavers to live independently. We are proud to be able to offer a guaranteed interview to care leavers, or an informal conversation about our career opportunities.

All of our care services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all.

* Refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions

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