Senior Care Assistant (Days)

Senior Care Assistant (Days). The Oaks Care Home

• Hourly Rate: £15.03
• Hours Per Week: 44 (4 shifts per week)
• Shifts: 8am-8pm

Join us at The Oaks Care Home part of the Sandstone Care Group. Situated in Newtown Powys this luxurious 73-bed purpose-built nursing and residential home opened in January 2020 and offers state-of-the-art facilities. These include a coffee shop/bistro hair & nail salon activities room landscaped gardens and advanced care technology.

As a Senior Care Assistant you will take on a leadership role ensuring the highest standards of care and support for our residents. Your key responsibilities include:

• Personalised Care: Assisting residents with personal care hygiene meals and daily activities while promoting dignity and independence.
• Companionship: Offering emotional support and fostering meaningful relationships.
• Leadership Duties: Supervising and mentoring care staff conducting appraisals supervisions and interviews administering medication and maintaining accurate records and supporting care planning audits and liaising with healthcare professionals.
• Promoting Wellbeing: Encouraging residents to engage in activities that enrich their lives tailored to their interests and abilities.
• Upholding Standards: Ensuring the care home environment is safe clean and welcoming.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking an experienced compassionate leader with a passion for elderly care. Ideal candidates will have:

• Proven supervisory or leadership experience in a residential or nursing home setting.
• A warm positive personality and a calm professional approach under pressure.
• A Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification (or willingness to achieve it).
• Confidence with record-keeping and using technology.
• Flexibility to adapt to the needs of residents and the home.

Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:

• Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
• Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda Costa and Argos
• Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus
• Wagestream - access some of your earned money early and get money management tips
• Employee Assistance Programme - helping you look after your health and wellbeing
• Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work
• Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement
• In-house training - on-going face-to-face training tailored to you
• Career opportunities - The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role

*Overtime is paid for working over fulltime hours. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘STREAM’

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates LGBTQ as well as non-binary candidates and those with experience of mental health.