Senior Night Care Worker

As a Senior Care Worker on night shift, you will play a key role in supporting older people in our care home, ensuring high standards of care, safety and comfort throughout the night. This is a hands on leadership role where you will provide direct care, oversee night routines and support colleagues to deliver consistent, person centred support.

What your day will look like

• Leading the night shift, ensuring the safety, wellbeing and dignity of residents at all times
• Supporting residents with personal and intimate care, comfort and overnight routines
• Administering and overseeing medication in line with care plans and procedures
• Monitoring residents' wellbeing and responding appropriately to any changes or concerns
• Providing guidance and support to Care Workers on shift
• Completing accurate records, reports and handovers for the day team
• Maintaining a calm, safe and well organised environment throughout the night
• Working on a rota that includes weekends

About you

You will hold an SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and have experience working in a care home setting. You are confident working at night, able to make decisions, and comfortable supporting colleagues while delivering high quality care. Strong communication skills and basic IT skills are essential for record keeping and reporting.

You will be required to be a member of the PVG Scheme and registered with the SSSC, or be willing to maintain both as part of your role.

This role has an Occupational Requirement for the post holder to be a practising Christian, in accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

If you are an experienced Care Worker looking to work nights in a senior role, we would welcome your application. Apply today to join our care home team.

We also offer you a range of benefits that you would expect from an organisation that support others.

Firstly, there is access to a wide range of exclusive retail and leisure discounts through our rewards scheme and the Blue Light Discount card. We also ensure that your future and that of your loved ones is secured with a generous contributory pension plan and death in service benefit. Balancing work and family are made easier with our suite of enhanced family friendly policies and your health and wellness are prioritised with access to our health cash plan, giving you cash back for a wide range of health treatments. We even have access to a care concierge service to assist you with life's challenges, providing invaluable support when you need it most.

But we also know that your training and development is important to you, and as well as a contribution to your professional membership fees, we are keen to support you in making the right steps to learn, grow and develop in ways that are right for you.

CrossReach has been at the forefront of high quality social care for over 150 years, providing loving care to people of all ages and supporting them to live life to the full whatever their circumstances. During that time, we have worked hard to understand the needs of the people who turn to us for help and with them have been at the forefront of pioneering services which have literally changed thousands of lives for the better.

Today we are one of the largest social care providers in Scotland, with experience across a broad range of services. We are still growing, learning, and improving, thanks to the incredible people we have the privilege to support, and all those who support us. We are part of the Church of Scotland and aim to provide social care services and specialist resources in Christ's name to further the caring work of the Church to people in challenging circumstances.

As we do our work in Christ's name the job you have applied for requires you to have a Christian faith and be able to work within and uphold our Christian Ethos. This is an Occupational Requirement under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

This post requires you to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and undertake the necessary vetting checks. You will also be required to be registered with SSSC and it is your professional responsibility to ensure that you meet the standards and criteria for registration.

We have a legal obligation to ensure that we do not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

We are committed to ensuring that we attract, retain, and develop the very best people to build a diverse and talented team and we recognise that every individual's unique background, experience and ability contributes to our success. We aim to create an inclusive and inspiring environment where individuals feel valued and respected and where people can belong, thrive and be their very best, whoever they are.If you have any queries regarding this role or our recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment team on .uk

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

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