Senior Care Assistant

• Supporting the Registered Nurse/Team Leader to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the comprehensive care needs of each resident living in our care home
• Delivering hands on personal care, leadership and support to provide the highest standards of person-centred care ensuring our residents live their best lives
• Motivating and supervising the care team, ensuring you have oversight of your team performance, providing coaching, mentoring and leadership support to promote positive change
• Maintain accurate records of the job you do which will include completing assessments, writing care plans, resident reviews, and evaluations
• Administering medication
• Leading by example in setting high standards of care and support, encouraging a positive work environment where practices are safe and meet all relevant standards, policies, and legislation

• Previous experience working as a senior care worker in a similar care setting is essential
• Professional, compassionate, kind and motivated with a sense of fun
• Ability to lead, motivate, inspire and develop a team
• Organised, flexible in your approach and have great communication and leadership skills
• Confident in the use of IT applications
• To be a Senior Care Worker you will be registered as a supervisor with the Scottish Social Services Council, within the necessary time frame
• You will already have or be on a journey to obtain the qualifications required for your SSSC registration: Practice and supervisory qualification/s SVQ level 3 or higher, or its equivalent in Social Services & Healthcare

We also welcome applications from experienced care workers actively working towards their SVQ Level 3 and looking for your next step up

• We provide Senior Care Workers with the opportunity to complete an award winning 6-month programme with salary increments along the journey as well as opportunities to take your career further
• Our focus is you and your ongoing development. We have a Care Team career pathway to support you to reach your potential, all the way to Care Home Manager if that is your goal
• Working a fulltime job and juggling life is difficult, we know, with us you achieve a fulltime wage with 3 or 4 days off each week. But if that still doesn’t suit let us know, we can be flexible and will do our best to accommodate