Senior Care Assistant - DAYS
6 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT
£12.61per hour + 30% enhancements on weekends
37.5 hours per week
Dee View Court
Be there when it matters!
We are looking for experienced Senior Care Assistants to join our dedicated team at Dee View. In this role you will provide direct supervision, coaching and mentoring to junior staff for a period of 6 months.
About us:
Sue Ryder Dee View Court in Kincorth, Aberdeen, is currently Scotland's only purpose-built specialist neurological centre providing care for people living with complex neurological conditions, including Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis and acquired brain injuries. We have exciting career and development opportunities for Experienced Care Assistants of all levels.
Our newly expanded Neurological Care centre has 36 single bedrooms available for residential care and 7 supported living apartment for two people, which has a kitchen and a lounge to help people maintain their independence for as long as possible.
About the role:
• Carry out and delegate care and support tasks whilst ensuring a safe, clean and comfortable environment
• Ensure that the rights and choices of individuals are actively promoted and supported and their beliefs and preferences are appropriately acknowledged
•Participate openly and honestly in any investigation if care falls below expected standards
•To take instruction from line management with regarding communicating with service users and their representatives following an incident
•Ensure accurate reporting and documentation
•To participate in care planning implementation and review as a key worker
•To promote the values, build morale and encourage others to perform to high standards
•To carry out designated clinical tasks
About you:
• You must have S/NVQ/QCF Level 3 or equivalent
• Numerate and literate
• Computer Literacy - To have a functional knowledge of word processing, use of e-mail and internet to enable effective use of the Sue Ryder information technology systems
• Good communication skills
• Experience of working within a team
• Flexibility
• Demonstrable skills in leadership and supervision
• 2 years relevant care work experience
• Audit awareness
• Coaching and mentoring experience and or qualifications
• Competencies that are specific to the speciality
In return we offer:
• Competitive enhanced pay
• Company pension scheme
• 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
• Option to buy and sell up to five days holiday
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Corporate discount with hundreds of retailers and services
• Relocation allowance
• Staff discount of 15% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org
• Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals
• Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org
• Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.
For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.
https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/why-work-for-sue-ryder
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGTBQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.
Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process by emailing recruitment@sueryder.org
https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/equity-diversity-inclusion
Later this year Care Concern Group will take over the ownership of Dee View Court, Aberdeen and all staff employed by Sue Ryder at that service will transfer to the Care Concern Group.
Within the Care Concern Group is a specialist division providing care to residents living with complex physical and/or mental health needs including residents living with neurological conditions similar to the residents that are supported at Dee View Court.
If you want more than just a job, we want you.
Join the team and be there when it matters.
