Overview
Senior Care Assistant (Days) – Westbank Care Home, 64 Sevenoaks Road, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8AP.
Role involves supporting residents to remain active and independent, providing care, supervision, and team leadership.
Responsibilities
- Caring and supporting residents in their journey with Aurem Care.
- Providing personal care, social support, and creating positive memories.
- Ensuring residents’ needs are met through the Nourish electronic care platform.
- Work within a committed team
- Demonstrate positive caring values in all aspects of practice
- Supervise, guide and support a group of care assistants
- Assist in planning and monitoring resident care
- Assist with care assistant induction programme and Core Training Programme
- Any ad hoc duties to meet service delivery for residents
What makes a successful candidate
- Must have previous senior care experience
- NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 desirable or willingness to obtain
- Experience in medication management
- Enthusiastic about providing care
- Great values and compassion for supporting people
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently, with creativity and passion
- Great communication skills
- Ability to follow and prioritise tasks and responsibilities
- Engage with people supported in their continuing interests and positive experiences
What we can offer
- Full or part-time contracts available
- Day shifts
- Hours: 22, 33 or 44 per week, inclusive of weekends; bank hours also on offer
- Working hours: Days 8am–8pm
- Hourly rate: £13.50
- 28 days annual leave including bank holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Life insurance
- Free DBS (terms and conditions apply)
- Free or discounted meals
- Free parking
- Company pension
- Wagestream – Same-day pay
- Employee assistance programme – healthcare and mental health support
- Free in-house training via our elearning platform, your Hippo, plus fully funded apprenticeship courses
- Yearly salary review
- Refer a friend scheme with up to £750 reward per referral (terms and conditions apply)
- Empowering and valuing our people as part of the organisation
Please note: Aurem Care is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.
Why join us?
Aurem Care has been awarded the Top 20 Care Home Group accolade by carehome.co.uk, reflecting our commitment to excellence in care across the UK.
Our homes are about people caring for people; we strive to create happy homes for loved ones. Our team helps ensure values are lived every day.
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