Senior Care Assistant - Nights

Senior Care Assistant

Nights - 8pm - 8am

Full time hours - includes alternate weekends

Oaklands House is a residential home in Southwold that provides hotel-style accommodation, which makes it an ideal choice for anyone seeking a high quality lifestyle in their later years. The home can accomodate up to 29 residents.

We are recruiting for a Senior Care Assistant to join the team on night shifts.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Previous experience working within an elderly care environment.
• Understand care planning process and experience of writing care plans.
• Knowledge of regulatory framework.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Recognise and facilitate the daily needs of residents.
• Conduct formal supervisions and appraisals.
• Contributing to care planning and coaching care assistants.
• Take an active professional role in promoting the services offered when dealing with relatives, prospective residents and enquiries.
• Participate in updating and writing care plans and resident documentation.
• Be responsible for making and reporting realistic assessments of each resident to ensure continuity of care.
• Be responsible for administrating medication to the residents in accordance with policies and procedures.

Healthcare Homes offer an Employee Assistance Programme which is immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to include support such as financial and family concerns.