About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK’s largest luxury elderly care providers. We believe later years should be enriching and are passionate about meaningful experiences for residents and staff. Our vision is ‘creating meaningful lives together.’ With over 100 homes, we offer exceptional care and a supportive environment for employees.
Package Description
At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we’re here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you’ll be making a positive impact on residents’ lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We’re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you’ll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We are now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award‑winning team as a Senior Care Assistant at Rivermere Care Home in Sevenoaks.
Job responsibilities
Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant 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.
- Monitor the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting their care and care plans, ensuring that new needs are met, and written records are amended to reflect any variation.
- Be involved in the person‑centred care planning process, by implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations.
- Support residents with their medication requirements.
- Undertake staff supervisions and support staff with their development where required.
- Act 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 NVQ3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
- Have 2 years experience working in a similar care environment.
- Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Have a positive attitude to supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
- Are responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.
Requirements
- DBS Disclosure check (cost borne by Avery Healthcare).
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Person Specification – Qualifications
- NVQ3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
- Minimum 2 years experience working in a similar care environment.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
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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