Senior Care Assistant (days)

Senior Care Assistant Days

Based at Rowan Lodge, Crown Lane, Newnham, Basingstoke, RG27 9AN - a beautiful and modern family owned and managed care home with a CQC rating of “good” in all five areas. These accolades are only achieved through the teamwork of like-minded individuals passionate about delivering person-centered care. Our Care/Nursing staff to resident ratio is higher than the national average and nearly 50% of our team have been with us for over 5 years.

**9.8 Review Score on carehome.co.uk**

We are looking for a Senior Care Assistant Days to join the motivated and happy team working at our Rowan Lodge care home. At Forest Care, we are proud to create positive working environments in each of our care homes by encouraging employee participation and humour in the workplace.

“I can’t find fault with the support and guidance we receive as care staff. We all work well as a team and it's a nice working atmosphere.”

“Working at Forest Care has enhanced my career. The training provided by the home has developed my confidence to work more efficiently”

Starting salary £13.65 per hour. Alternate weekend working will be required. 36 or 48 hours a week required. Day shifts are 8am – 8pm.

Candidates will need access to their own transport to apply for this role.

As well as a competitive hourly rate, we offer the following benefits;

Forest Care 

Forest Care is a family owned and managed company, currently with four care homes in Hampshire and Surrey. Our focus is to ensure we provide the highest standards of care to our residents, and their ongoing welfare, comfort and needs are central to how we run our homes. We want our homes to be a home in the truest sense, and we are committed to making our residents feel at home from the outset.

 Main Duties of our Senior Care Assistants; 

• Ensure all junior staff contribute to the best of their ability; in both the efficient running of the home, and its atmosphere.
• Assist residents who need help with dressing, undressing, bathing and toilet.
• Assist with medication administration as required/directed
• Assist residents with mobility problems and/or other physical disabilities.
• Promote the mental and physical activity of residents through talking to them, taking them out, sharing with them in activities such as reading, writing, and any other hobbies that they might have.
• Assist residents at meal times if required
• Read and write reports in case notes.
• Answer emergency bells
• To undertake any other duties as required by line management

Skills and Experience of our Senior Care Assistants;

• NVQ Qualification – NVQ 3 essential.
• A genuine willingness to care for Senior Adults within a Care Home environment
• Previous experience in leading or supervising a Care Team desirable
• High level of written and spoken English

This role is subject to a successful DBS check.

While it is no longer a requirement that people we employ are vaccinated against Covid-19, we still strongly believe that vaccination remains the best line of defence and we therefore continue to encourage all current and prospective staff to be fully vaccinated.