Senior Care Assistant

ADL & Partners are seeking a compassionate, experienced, and dedicated Senior Care Assistants to join our team.

As a Senior Care Assistant, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care to our residents, ensuring their comfort, dignity, safety, and overall well-being. You will support residents with their daily needs while taking a senior role within the care team, helping to coordinate care and provide guidance and support to other care colleagues.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience within a care home or similar care environment, excellent communication and organisational skills, and a genuine passion for making a positive difference in the lives of older people. You will be confident in taking responsibility, leading by example, and responding appropriately to residents' changing needs.

As an employee-owned organisation, our colleagues share in the success of the business and may benefit from tax-efficient annual bonuses through our Employee Ownership Trust.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality, person-centred care and support to residents in line with their individual care plans
• Assisting residents with personal care, dressing, mobility, nutrition, hydration, and other activities of daily living
• Taking a senior role within the care team and supporting the effective delivery of care throughout the shift
• Supervising, supporting, and mentoring Care Assistants, leading by example and promoting high standards of care
• Monitoring residents' health, wellbeing, and changing needs, escalating any concerns appropriately
• Supporting the implementation and regular review of individual care plans and risk assessments
• Administering medication safely where trained and authorised to do so
• Providing companionship, reassurance, and emotional support to residents
• Communicating effectively with residents, their families, colleagues, and healthcare professionals
• Maintaining accurate, timely, and confidential records in accordance with company procedures
• Supporting new colleagues through induction, training, and ongoing development where appropriate
• Assisting with handovers and ensuring important information is communicated effectively between shifts
• Promoting residents' dignity, independence, choice, and personal preferences at all times
• Ensuring health and safety, safeguarding, infection prevention, and care standards are consistently maintained
• Assisting with light domestic duties, meal preparation, and maintaining a clean and comfortable environment where required

Experience and Skills

• Previous experience working within a care home, nursing home, residential care, or home care environment
• Experience in a senior or supervisory care role is desirable
• A recognised care qualification, such as an NVQ/QCF in Health and Social Care, is desirable
• Good understanding of person-centred care and the needs of older people
• Good literacy and numeracy skills, with the ability to maintain accurate care records and follow care plans
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• Ability to demonstrate empathy, patience, compassion, and excellent interpersonal skills
• Confident working independently while also supporting and leading colleagues as part of a wider care team
• Good understanding of safeguarding, health and safety, infection control, and safe working practices
• Ability to recognise changes in residents' health and wellbeing and escalate concerns appropriately
• Reliable, organised, and able to remain calm and professional in a busy care environment
• A genuine commitment to maintaining residents' dignity, independence, choice, and quality of life

If you are an experienced care professional who is passionate about providing outstanding care and is ready to take the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you.

Pay: £14.00-£14.50 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 22.0 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person