Senior Care Worker

**Overview**
We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Senior Care Worker working both days and nights, to join our team. In this role, you will provide high-quality care to 41 male residents who have been diagnosed with Korsakoff dementia and/or mental health issues in a residential care home setting, ensuring their comfort, safety, and well-being. You will also play a key role in supervising care staff and assisting in the development of care plans tailored to each resident's needs. Your leadership and communication skills will be essential in fostering a supportive environment for both residents and staff.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

You must have a Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent.

You must have experience in care and have experience and a Senior Care Worker.
- **GENERAL DUTIES**_
- To co-ordinate and supervise the day/night care team under the direction of the management team
- In the absence of the Assistant Manager take full responsibility for the staff and residents
- To be Professional, kind, caring and friendly, able to interact with residents, visitors, health professionals and staff.
- To be responsible for reconciling the Petty Cash & Cigarette count
- To cover absences, holidays at short notice
- To be familiar with and promote the philosophy, Christian ethos, aims and objectives of the Joseph Cox Charity, ensuring the unique character and excellent reputation is maintained.
- To support the management team to promote positive outcomes in accordance with the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- To share with the management team in developing ideas, initiatives, and practices
- To promote with the Management team a quality monitoring process
- To ensure that Mary and Joseph Policies and Procedures, relevant legislation and Registration requirements are complied with and to raise concerns with the Manager.
- To be involved in the implementation and on-going review of Policies and Procedures and Quality Assurance procedures.
- To recognise Mary and Joseph House is a home for 41 men, with their own problems, a Christian place, where the ethos of the Joseph Cox Charity is maintained, and the unique character of the house is promoted.

**To share in the accountability, with the Management team for**
- Providing person centred care
- Safe storage and administration of all medication
- Quality and safe working practice
- Safe keeping and distribution of resident’s personal money and valuables
- Petty cash

**WAKING NIGHT TIME DUTIES**
- Lead, supervise and support a small team of night care workers to deliver high quality care to residents during night shifts
- Be the primary point of contact for any emergencies or incidents during the night shift, ensuring appropriate action is taken and documented
- To complete a handover with day staff and ensure that you follow up on any concerns with resident’s everyday needs and dietary needs
- Ensure that care is delivered in line with care plans and provide guidance to the care workers on how to handle challenging behaviours or situations
- To provide or assist in wakeful night duty cover in the home
- To administer medication for residents at the allocated time
- To undertake specified domestic or other tasks that can be effectively carried out during the night hours
- To be responsible for residents’ safety and wellbeing at night
- To carry out checks on residents throughout the night
- To carry out all duties as agreed on the night register
- To be responsible for carrying out building security checks for the house and garden ensuring no access to the garden between midnight and 5:00am
- To prepare supper for residents attending the dining room and document on the Abylss accurate dietary intake of those residents’ specific dietary needs
- To prepare supper for residents that choose to eat in their room, removing all crockery and cutlery following use
- To prompt residents to change into night wear, monitor residents who may sleep in day clothes and encourage them to change into night wear
- Provide all personal care and support needed to individual residents
- To be aware of the procedure for night call outs, ensuring that two members of staff always remain on the premises

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £14.61 per hour

Expected hours: 39 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site parking

**Education**:

- Certificate of Higher Education (required)

**Experience**:

- Senior Care Worker: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person