Senior Care Worker

Overview

At Cross Reach, Senior Care Workers play a key leadership role in delivering high quality, person centred care while supporting teams on shift. Working within a Christian care setting, this is a hands on role where your experience, values and professionalism help create a safe, supportive and respectful home.

• Providing high quality personal and intimate care with dignity and respect
• Leading shifts and supporting Care Workers through guidance and example
• Allocating tasks and ensuring care plans and routines are followed
• Supporting medication administration in line with training and policies
• Acting as a key worker and contributing to assessments and reviews
• Maintaining accurate records and meeting regulatory and quality standards
• Promoting a calm, safe and respectful environment for residents and colleagues

You are an experienced and confident care professional with a genuine commitment to supporting older people. You will be comfortable taking responsibility on shift and supporting others to deliver consistent, person centred care. You will hold an SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and have a strong understanding of safeguarding and professional standards. As this role is based within a Christian care setting, you will be a practising Christian and able to support the Christian ethos and spiritual life of the service with integrity and respect.

You are organised, reliable and approachable, with the confidence to lead by example.

• A values led organisation where faith, care and compassion sit at the heart of practice
• Ongoing training, supervision and opportunities for development
• A supportive team environment where leadership is encouraged
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference every day

If you are an experienced Senior Care Worker looking to lead with skill, compassion and faith, apply today to find out more and join Cross Reach. We also offer you a range of benefits that you would expect from an organisation that support others.

First, 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.

Training and development is important to you; as well as supporting your professional membership fees, we are keen to help you learn, grow and develop in ways that are right for you.

Cross Reach 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. We are one of the largest social care providers in Scotland, part of the Church of Scotland and aim to provide social care services and resources in Christ’s name to further the caring work of the Church.

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 granted by UK Visas and Immigration. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job…