Job details
- Salary£16 per hour
- RoleSenior Carer / Head of Care / Team Leader
- HoursFull Time or Part Time
- LocationNewham, London
Job Summary
St Catherine is a care home in Leytonstone. We support older people, many of whom live with dementia. We’re growing, we’re investing in specialist dementia care, and we’re looking for experienced Senior Support Workers to lead our day and night shifts.
What you’ll do
- Lead the shift and allocate work to the care team
- Administer and record medication safely
- Deliver hands-on, person-centred personal care
- Keep care plans, charts and records accurate
- Liaise with GPs, district nurses, families and other professionals
- Support, guide and mentor Support Workers
- Follow safeguarding, MCA/DoLS and infection control procedures
What we’re looking for
- At least one year of care experience with older people
- Dementia care experience or a strong interest in it
- Medication experience, or willingness to be trained
- Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent (Level 3 desirable)
- Good spoken and written English, and a calm, kind, reliable nature
- Right to work in the UK (we can’t offer visa sponsorship)
- Enhanced DBS, or willingness to get one
Shifts
- Mornings 8am–2pm
- Lates 2pm–8pm
- Long days 8am–8pm
- Nights 8pm–8am
What we offer
- Paid induction and training
- Support towards Level 3 and Level 5 qualifications
- Free DBS
- Uniform
- Real career progression as we expand
- A small, supportive team
Skills / Qualifications
- Level 3 inHealth and Social Care
- Safely administering and recording medication (MAR charts
- controlled drugs)
- Leading a shift and allocating tasks to a care team
- personal care delivered and dignity and privacy
- infection prevention and control
- supervising
- mentoring
- supporting junior staff
- Basic IT skills for electronic care records
- Good spoken and written English
- Knowledge of safeguarding
- The Mental Capacity Act and DoLS
- Working with Health Care Professionals
- Person centred dementia care