Senior Care Assistant

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The Waterside Care Home is a contemporary, purpose-built 64-bedroom care facility with ensuite accommodation, nestled in the heart of St Helens. Designed with comfort, safety, and dignity in mind, The Waterside offers a comprehensive range of care services including residential, nursing, and specialist dementia support. Reflecting the Lovett Care philosophy of quality and compassion, the home provides a warm, inclusive environment where each resident is valued and encouraged to live life to the fullest. Equipped with the latest in care technology and a varied programme of daily activities, our residents enjoy meaningful engagement and opportunities for gentle exercise. Our dedicated team is carefully selected for their empathy and professionalism, undergoing rigorous induction and ongoing training to uphold the highest standards of care.

**Role Responsibilities**:

- Promote the highest standard of person centred clinical nursing care to residents.
- Manage, allocate duties and supervise the care team ensuring a quality delivery of care for the duration of the shift.
- To be a role model and demonstrate person centred care delivery.
- Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of adults that you are responsible for or come into contact with.
- Manage the delivery of residents personalised care according to their agreed plan of care for the duration of a shift.
- Promote professional standards within the home supporting the Deputy and Home Manager.
- Provide supervision, coaching and assessment to Care Assistants.
- Ensure effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of resident care through written care plans.
- Maintain correctly written records as required by the company and regulatory bodies.
- Manage daily rotas and delegate daily workload ensuring sufficient and safe use of manpower.
- Ensure that all new admission files are completed within the week of arrival and the named nurse, senior carer and key worker must all contribute to completing the file
- Build relationships with external professionals
- Assist the home manager to carry out regular quality audits of care plans

**Skills and experience required**:

- Medication management and administration experience
- Experience working with older people.
- NVQ Level 2 in Social Care of equivalent.
- NVQ Level 3 in Social Care or equivalent/ the achievement of this in the first 12 months of their employment.
- Evidence of the ability to contribute to the assessment, planning and evaluation of the care needs of older people.
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the 6 principles of care and how they should underpin delivery of care in a residential/Nursing setting.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrate self-motivation and confidence.

**The Benefits**

Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles
- Bank holiday and overtime enhancements
- 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum
- Paid DBS
- Uniform provided
- Paid training
- Refer a friend referral scheme, for the following roles only - Registered Nurse, Team Leader / Senior Care Assistant and Care Assistant
- Excellent induction programme for new starters
- A rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress within the company
- Ongoing support and training for nationally recognised qualifications
- A competitive rate of pay
- Wellbeing programmes
- Recognition awards - employee of the month and golden tickets
- Ongoing career development
- Pension scheme
- EarlyPay - access to your money as you earn (pay advance)

**Who Are We?**
At Lovett Care, we’ve been delivering exceptional care since 2009, with homes across England and in Wales. With a solid reputation in the care industry, we take pride in creating a 'home from home' environment where residents can live life to the fullest, no matter their age or condition. Our values guide everything we do, and we believe our people are our greatest asset.

**Our Mission and Vision**:
To be recognised as a passionate and committed provider offering quality person-centred care in a safe, comfortable ‘home from home’ environment. Our Vision is through the professionalism and collaboration of our team members, we achieve an excellent standard of person-centred care where everyone has the freedom of choice, privacy, dignity and is treated with the upmost respect.

**Join us and be part of something special at Lovett Care.