About this role
Job summary Are you an experienced care professional looking for a new challenge? This role as a Senior Care Assistant - Nights at Cheriton care home in Dorchester offers a rewarding work environment with a welcoming and specialized support team. You'll be part of the Agincare family, a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across the UK.
Main duties of the job As a Senior Care Assistant - Nights, you will ensure that residents receive person-centered care, including bathing, dressing, and oral care within their preferences, 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, administer medication safely and compliantly, and lead and participate in trips, social engagements, and activities within the home. Additionally, you may support new starters or existing staff with shadowing and development, and may be called upon to lead the home when more senior managers are not available.
About us Agincare Homes Holdings is one of the UK's largest care providers, with more than 5,500 team members and a strong presence across the country. As a family-owned business, Agincare has been caring for communities for over 40 years, delivering a wide range of care services, including care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care. The company is committed to supporting care leavers and the Armed Forces community, and is regulated by the CQC.
Job description Job responsibilities Package 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 Cheriton care home?
Come and join the Agincare family as aSenior Care Assistant - Nights
Where you'll be working
Click here to view the care home: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/dorset/cheriton-care-home-dorchester/ Care Quality Commission Rating - https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-2116344112As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy
£13.46 per hour Refer a friend scheme earn up to £1000* Outstanding career development Fully funded training up to QCF level 5 Blue Light care discount package Company pension scheme On demand payWhat is required from you?
A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK Night and day shifts available NVQ 2 and preferably working towards a level 3A day in the life of a Senior Care Assistant
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.Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.As a signatory of theCare Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation.We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.All of our services areregulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers
*Refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
You will need a minimum of 12 months' right to work in the UK, and preferably an NVQ 2 with experience working towards a level 3.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Agincare
Address Agincare Homes Holdings
Dorchester
DT1 2EN
Employer's website https://www.agincare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)