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Senior Care Worker

Salary £30,150.27 per annum
Location Peterborough
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The Vacancy

Senior Care Worker – Domiciliary  

Cross Keys Care requires a dedicated and conscientious senior care worker to join our friendly team at Cross Keys Care within the community on a permanent basis. We’re seeking a caring and compassionate individual who enjoys interacting with seniors and assisting them with their daily living activities. 

The role of being a senior carer is an important role within working in the health & social care industry. You will provide care to service users to maximise their independence and choice, participate in their community and support them to monitor their health and wellbeing. As well as supervising and monitoring care workers to ensure the highest standards of care are provided to service users in their own homes.

Please note this will be across 2 services, Community Care (Domiciliary) and Lapwing Apartments (Orton Brimbles).

Description

  • Direct day to day line management of the care workers and trainees including regular debriefs, supervisions and sickness reporting
  • Support the Care Coordinator to ensure adequate staffing of all care calls through rota setting and management and minimising staff down time
  • Assessing the needs and risks of customers to create personal support plans
  • Provide personal care to customers to maximise their independence and choice, participate in their community and support them to monitor their health and wellbeing
  • Ensure the quality of the care service and delivery of support plans through observations and spot checks of care delivery
  • Participate in team meetings and ensure excellent communication throughout the team
  • Ensure full compliance against the CQC’s National Minimum Standards of Quality and Safety
  • Ensuring the adherence to Cross Keys Homes policy and procedures
  • Liaise with family, friends and professionals to ensure inclusion and wellbeing of service users
  • Maintain service users’ files; ensuring all relevant information is kept secure and confidential
  • Working within the terms of Cross Keys Homes safeguarding vulnerable adults’ procedure proactively seek to maintain the safety of customers
  • No job description can cover every issue which may arise, and the post holder is expected to carry out other duties as required from time to time

Essential

  • NVQ3 or above in care or equivalent - desirable (indicate if achieved or working towards) or willing to work towards
  • A good understanding of the needs of older people and confidentiality and data protection
  • Knowledge of health and safety regulations and procedures relative to work area
  • Knowledge and understanding of best practice in the delivery of personal care services and the CQC’s essential standards of quality and safety
  • Experience of quality checking the working standards of others
  • Good written and verbal English communication skills
  • Good IT skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
  • Experience/willingness to learn call rostering system on PC
  • Hold a valid UK driving licence
  • Able to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis
  • Flexibility to provide stand-by cover at short notice in the event of sickness, leave or other absences from colleagues

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a senior care worker role
  • Experience of line managing staff.
  • Knowledge of the local area and relevant support companies

Hours

  • ​Working pattern - 37 hours per week. This includes working five out of seven days including Saturdays and Sundays on a rotational basis
  • Please note this is 50% care and 50% office work (With some flexibility)
  • To provide an on-call service on a rotational basis

Benefits

  • Salary £30,150.57 per annum plus on call pay
  • 45p per mile
  • Extremely competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Free uniform and DBS check
  • 28 days paid holidays inclusive of bank holidays
  • CKH rewards benefit platform. Access to instant vouchers, cashback and reloadable gift card
  • Employee Assistance Programme. 24-hour free counselling and legal advice
  • CKH employees who have successfully passed their probationary period will be eligible to sign up for Westfield Health, which is a completely free service that gives you access to a range of health cash benefits and services. You will receive money back on a range of essential healthcare including new glasses, contact lenses, dental treatment and physiotherapy. If you have dependent children, they will also be covered on certain benefits up to the age of 22

The Company

A commercial business with a social heart, our vision is to create opportunities that change lives through our drive, expertise, resources and passion. 

Our dynamic approach has made us one of the region’s leading providers of affordable homes for rent and sale. Developing new homes across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and the surrounding area, we’re committed to increasing the supply of affordable homes in the communities where they are needed most. Agility and innovation are central to our approach to adapting to change, and we’ll continue to grow our business in today’s fast-paced operating environment. 

There’s more to building communities than building houses. In addition to providing quality homes and delivering excellent landlord services, we also provide care at home and at our two extra care communities in Peterborough as well as around the clock support through our LifeLine personal alarm service. Our community investment programme sees us working with specialist partners to bring a range of employment, wellbeing and family-friendly services to the heart of our communities, with a rapidly expanding digital support offer too. 

You can find out more about us and the services we offer our residents on the CKH website. 

Our Care Workers are fabulous! Every day they are out and about in our communities or schemes visiting vulnerable people in their own homes, supporting them to live independent lives. This could mean delivering personal care, helping with medication, preparing meals or providing a social call – no two days are the same! 

Can you be part of our fabulous team? If so, we want you to join our team. You don’t need care experience, just a willingness to learn, a passion to help others and a friendly smile! We’ll provide all the training you need to deliver the excellent, award winning service our customers expect from us.

If you are looking for a genuinely rewarding career with a company that values you, apply today.

CKH actively seeks to continue to build an inclusive environment for its employees and the communities it serves and welcomes applications from people from all backgrounds.

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