Senior Care Assistant - Nights

Job description

About us Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, focusing on creating meaningful experiences for residents and employees alike. The organisation is committed to providing exceptional care across its network of over 100 homes. Avery Healthcare fosters a supportive and inspiring environment where employees are valued and empowered.Job responsibilities As a Senior Care Assistant – Nights at South Lodge Care Home, your focus will be to support and work alongside the care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff.Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting care and care plans, ensuring that new needs are met, and written records are amended to reflect any variation.Being involved in the person‐centred care planning process, implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations.Supporting residents with their medication requirements.Undertaking staff supervisions and supporting staff with their development where required.Acting as a key point of contact with residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals involved in their wellbeing, ensuring that any reasonable requests are acted upon and concerns or complaints are escalated.About you To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.Have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.Have 2 years of experience working in a similar care environment.Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.Have a positive attitude towards supporting and nurturing residents and staff.Be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.Qualifications Candidates must have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes, possess at least 2 years of experience in a similar care environment, and demonstrate effective communication skills.Requirements A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Leicester

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

26-05-2026

Profession type

Home Care Jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English