Senior Carer

Senior Care Assistant

Location**:Ermine House, Lincoln**

Pay rate: £13.17 per hour plus weekend and NVQ enhancements available

Contracted Hours: 20 hours per week

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

Are you an experienced carer or senior carer with the passion to make a difference?

Can you lead a small team of people to deliver outstanding care to our residents, whilst encouraging them to always do their best?

Our care teams make a real difference every day and your professionalism, teamed with kindness and compassion, will be at the core of everything you do. Supporting the Home Manager, and leading a team of carers, you’ll be responsible for planning and implementing the kind of care that will give our residents a real sense of security, dignity, and independence. You’ll ensure care plans are regularly reviewed through continuous assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. You’ll be able to manage your time between supporting your team effectively and ensuring the wellbeing of our residents.

**ABOUT YOU**

**A NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care is essential.**

You’ll have previous experience of working in a residential care setting with a NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care, or you’ve achieved NVQ Level 2, and you’re prepared to study for NVQ Level 3. You might have previous supervisory experience, like delegating tasks, supporting inductions for new starters and 1 to 1s but this is not essential.

What is important is you are a positive role model, with excellent communication skills and a natural ability to get along with others. A supportive individual, able to motivate others to deliver the best possible care to our residents at all times. Alongside being confident taking charge and being able to use your own initiative to resolve problems and deal with queries.

**Ermine House offers compassionate, individualised residential and respite care for up to 44 residents in a homely, comfortable environment. Located on the Ermine Estate in Lincoln, the home is only a mile and a half from the city centre. It is close to local shops, library, church and thriving community. The home benefits from a direct bus route into Lincoln city centre.**

**AND IN RETURN**

The Trust is a great place to work; we’ve been providing care for almost 1,000 years and we’re currently the second largest not-for-profit provider in the UK. Not-for-profit means that we reinvest every penny we make into our residents, colleagues and the care homes we live and work in. Therefore, we offer a great range of benefits, including a competitive salary, training and development.

Here are some of the other benefits you’ll enjoy as a valued member of our team:

- 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- Higher rates of pay at weekends
- Workplace pension
- Life assurance
- Comprehensive induction, ongoing training and development
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Free car parking
- Refer a Friend scheme rewarding you up to £1000 for every recommendation you make who successfully starts working for us
- Access to our Employee Assistance programme
- Care Worker Charity membership for well being and financial aid
- Blue Light Card and “My Rewards” programme, offering you discounts on shopping, days out, restaurants and much more

**ABOUT YOU**

If you’ve worked in care before, then that’s great as you’ll have a good idea of what to expect. But if care as a profession is new to you, then don’t worry - we’ll provide all the training you need to start your care journey with us, all delivered in a nurturing, engaging and rewarding environment.

What’s more important to us is that you’re good at communicating with people, you enjoy working as part of a team, you’ll be keen to learn and will want to excel at your job every day.

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

Pay: £13.17 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week

Work Location: In person