Senior Care Assistant

GreenSquareAccord; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A community care organization in Wolverhampton is looking for a compassionate caregiver to support residents in their homes. In this role, you will monitor wellbeing, provide medication support, and engage in care planning with various professionals. Your leadership will be key in guiding your team to deliver excellent care. This full-time position of 35 hours per week offers a supportive environment and a range of benefits including flexible working, annual leave, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Trust-based flexible working

20-22 days annual holiday

Defined contribution pension scheme

24/7 online GP appointments

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a caregiving role.
• Desire to help customers retain independence.
• Ability to promote dignity and respect.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident.
• Provide medication support and person-centered care.
• Lead the team and develop staff through supervision.

Skills

Caring nature

Communication skills

Team leadership

Job description

You will be working in an Extracare scheme, caring for our customers in their own homes.

You will monitor the wellbeing of each resident, providing medication support and person centred-care. You will be involved in the care planning process and work with social services, SALT team, district nurses etc, promoting independence and well‑being by ensuring that residents` personal, psychological and social care needs are met. You will lead your team demonstrating by example good care practices. You will develop staff by completing staff supervisions and support of team members to their full potential.

This role is contracted hours to 35 hours per week.

The shift pattern will be a mix of 7:30-3pm and 2:30-10pm and alternate week ends.

About you

You need to have a caring nature with the desire to make a difference, helping our customers retain as much of their independence as possible, promoting dignity and respect with everything you do.

Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.

About us

We are GSA, we provide affordable homes and services that create a foundation from which people in our communities can thrive.

We own and manage 25,000 homes in diverse communities across the West Midlands and Southwest.

Everyone deserves a home, it`s a place from which we build our future, we thrive at home.

We are proud to play an active role in dealing with the consequences of the housing crisis, by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.

Often a home is all someone needs, but when our customers need more, we offer a range of services, including care, money advice and coaching to support them.

We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.

The GSA Way

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.

A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.

Our five core commitments are:

• We believe our customer is everything
• We are one team
• We are supportive and caring
• We are business-minded for social purpose
• We are curious and ambitious.

You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes:

• Trust based flexible working and supportive and friendly teams
• 20 days annual holiday entitlement, increasing to 22 days
• Opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A defined contribution pension scheme GSA matches up to 6% contributions
• We offer a service which provides 24/7 online GP appointments, second medical opinions, health checks, mental health support, 24/7 medical health helpline, wellbeing app, nutrition advice and fitness plans and legal and financial support.
• Access to Blue Light discount card membership
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.

GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.

If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.

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