Senior Care Assistant

Department: Care

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Derwent Lodge - Care Home

Compensation: £15.55 / hour

Imagine starting your day with a smile and a kind word that brightens someone’s day. As a Senior Care Assistant, you’ll do just that by providing supervision and inspiring leadership to our dedicated Care Assistants, alongside our Registered Nurses ensuring the highest level of care and support is provided to our residents.

You’ll be part of a close-knit team that works together to make our home feel warm and our residents comfortable and safe. In this role, it’s not just about providing leadership and care it’s about creating moments of joy, dignity, and connection. You’ll help write the small, meaningful chapters in someone’s story, and in return, you’ll be part of a community that values and supports you too. Please note, that all our roles are subject to an enhanced police check (Disclosure Barring Service – DBS) before employment commences.

What you will do in this Splendid role

As a Senior Care Assistant, every day is about making a real difference in the lives of our residents. You’ll get to:

• Support Registered Nurses with administering medication, assessments, care plans and care reviews
• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident, ensuring that new needs are met and care plans amended, communicating updates to the Registered Nurse
• Support the Care Assistants with any help and support they may need
• Support residents with daily routines such as washing, dressing, and mealtimes
• Promote resident dignity which is person cantered and respects individual choices
• Share moments of laughter, conversation, and companionship
• Encourage residents to take part in activities and enjoy their hobbies
• Provide comfort and reassurance when residents need a little extra care
• Work as part of a close-knit team to make every day safe, joyful, and fulfilling

What makes you Splendid

You should have an NVQ Level 3 or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care to join us as a Senior Care Assistant with previous Health & Social experience ideally in an adult social care environment.

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Are patient, kind, and genuinely enjoy helping others
• Listen carefully, respond with empathy, and build trust with residents
• Stay calm under pressure and adapt to different situations
• Provide supervision and guidance to the Care Assistants
• Work well as part of a team but can also use your initiative
• Are flexible to work different shifts including weekends and Bank Holidays

For us, it’s not just what you do, but how you do it. Our values guide everything we do and we’d love you to bring them to life every day:

• Open – you welcome others warmly and listen with care
• Nimble – you adapt quickly, always ready to step in where needed
• Brilliant – you go above and beyond to make someone feel valued
• Honest – you’re genuine, trustworthy, and always put people first

Bring your compassion, energy, and positivity – and together we’ll make every day splendid for our residents

Benefits

When you join Splendid, you will enjoy a reward package to support your lifestyle, wellbeing and career. Here are just some of the benefits on offer:

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - confidential wellbeing support whenever you need it with 24/7 access to remote GP appointments.
• Hotel Room Discounts - stay with us or our partner hotels at special team rates including discounted rates for friends and family.
• Food & Beverage Discounts - enjoy meals and drinks at reduced prices across our hotels.
• Salary Sacrifice - Car Scheme: our team members can enjoy the ultimate benefit of driving a brand new, full insured and maintained car for a fixed monthly amount taken from their salary.
• Stream - access your earned wages up to 50% whenever you need them giving you financial flexibility and Highstreet discounts available.
• Pension - auto enrolment into the company pension scheme.
• Learning & Development - opportunities available to progress your skills and career.