Senior Care Assistant

Job Description

Senior Care Assistant required for Castle Donington, Diseworth, Kegworth, Hemington, Sutton Bonington, Long Whatton and surrounding areas.

Salary: £ £9.50 per hour | 14.25 Bank Holidays + paid mileage + 5.6 weeks paid holiday (pro rata) + QCF training + free uniform.

This job involves traveling from home to home, so you must have access to a vehicle.

The hours are flexible as care is provided at various times of the day, seven days a week.

Benefits of being a Senior Care Assistant at Kare Plus:

  • Guaranteed hours Contract
  • Generous travel allowance
  • Paid Holiday
  • Excellent rates of Pay & Pension
  • Paid Weekly
  • Full Training Provided – delivered by a qualified training manager
  • Support to gain Care Certificate & QCF Health & Social Care (level 2 & 3)
  • Free Uniform
  • Well-organised, Compact runs - which means less travel for you
  • Paid shadow shifts with an experienced team-mate when you join us
  • Recommend a friend scheme
  • Plus bonuses including attendance, performance, recognition.

Responsibilities and Duties of being a Senior Care Assistant at Kare Plus:

  • Taking part in the out of hours emergency on-call rota as and when required. Effectively deal with emergency on-call issues. Being able to cover calls either directly or indirectly when Care Assistant calls in sick or absent. Keeping a record of emergency calls and reporting to the office next day.
  • Able to motivate and lead others in a care setting
  • Encouraging residents to have the highest quality of life
  • Promoting independence and choice in their life
  • Respecting and accepting residents social, emotional, sexual, religious, cultural and political needs
  • Experience of writing care plans and risk assessments would be advantageous.
  • Shadow new care workers in the field to ensure their competence.
  • Helping residents with their daily lives such as assisting with eating and drinking, personal hygiene, recreational activities, accompanying residents outside of the home etc.

About us: Kare Plus is an equal opportunity employer and is one of the country's fastest growing healthcare businesses within the UK. As a business, we are proud to work with some of the biggest providers within the healthcare industry. Kare Plus offers a professional service to both our clients and our candidates which makes us stand out from the crowd.