• Night Senior Care Assistant
• Abbey Lea Care Home, Selby
• £11.20 per hour
• 38.5 hours per week

As a Senior Care Assistant at Abbey Lea you will play a vital role in leading a team of carers and ensuring that all of our residents needs have been met and that they are provided with person-centred personal care that enables them to have a perfect day. You will also be involved in supporting with external multi-disciplinary team visits and setting an excellent example for our Care Assistants, providing additional support, mentoring and training as required.

You will assist our residents, whilst respecting their dignity and promoting independence, with a wide range of daily activities from bathing, dressing, support with eating, administering  medication and taking medication through to singing, gardening, day trips, and celebrating special events. Your role is to ensure that all of our residents are stimulated and are encouraged to maintain the activities they have always enjoyed.

Senior Care Assistant will report to the deputy manager and manager, also ensure that Care Plans for new residents are set up and then kept up to date using our electronic care planning system and therefore you will need to be comfortable using technology and be able to communicate both verbally and in writing.

The ideal candidate will be looking to develop a career within Health and Social Care and will already have at least an NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care. You will already have previous experience within the Care sector and will be looking to further your own personal development whilst acting as a role model for others.

We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our team.

• 28 days holiday per annum (inclusive of allowance in lieu of bank holidays)
• Face to face training is fully paid
• Workplace Pension
• Reports to the Care Supervisor

For an informal discussion please contact Kaitlin on 07815 012345 or email makecarematter@northyorks.gov.uk

To apply please submit an application below or email your CV to makecarematter@northyorks.gov.uk