Shift Leader; Care - Nights

Overview

Contract:

Permanent - Part Time

Available

Hours:

12 per week

Working Pattern:
Nights

Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel. We have been supporting older people for over 120 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.

The Lawn is a Georgian period home in the rural village of Holybourne, Alton. The building has been sympathetically modernised to meet the needs of all our residents. We have a dedicated, well-trained and compassionate team of staff that care for our residents.

Joining our dedicated team as a Shift Leader, you will be responsible for delivering person-centred care, unique to each individual, supporting and enabling our residents to maintain key skills, personal interests, independence, choice, and dignity, so that they can lead fulfilled lives. You will make sure our residents are safe and comfortable. You will act as a champion for their safety and dignity.

You will lead the team in providing quality, individualised care for our residents in line with procedures and policies. You will make sure that clear, accurate records are kept. You will follow our procedures for ordering, administering and dispensing medication. You will conduct supervisions and appraisals with the staff and promote their development. You will maintain a safe, clean workplace and follow infection control protocols.

To ensure we can achieve this, our shift patterns include evenings, weekends, and some unsociable hours. To succeed in this role, you will need experience in a similar role having previously lead a team as well as administered medication. It is essential that you have a Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care. A Level 3 diploma or higher is desirable.

You will need great communication and interpersonal skills, so that you can form great relationships with your residents and effectively handover information to colleagues. Number and digital skills are also required along with the ability to problem solve and adapt to situations, and to recognise and report situations where there might be a need for safeguarding. Working as a Shift Leader means no two days are the same.

With a compassionate nature and a positive can-do attitude, you will be able to supervise your peers and take the initiative. We will provide you with all the outstanding training and tools that you need; all we ask is a willingness to learn and a genuine enthusiasm to encourage others to live their lives to the full. This isn’t just a job;

it’s about making a difference to older people’s lives every day.

• Deliver person-centred care tailored to each resident, supporting independence, choice and dignity.
• Ensure residents are safe and comfortable; act as a champion for their safety and dignity.
• Lead the team in providing quality, individualised care in line with procedures and policies.
• Maintain clear, accurate records and follow procedures for medication ordering, administration and dispensing.
• Conduct supervisions and appraisals with staff and promote development.
• Maintain a safe, clean workplace and follow infection control protocols.
• Manage shift patterns to cover evenings, weekends, and some unsociable hours.

• Experience in a similar role, with prior team leadership and medication administration.
• Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (essential). Level 3 Diploma or higher desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to handover information effectively to colleagues.
• Numeracy and digital skills; ability to problem-solve, adapt to situations, and recognise safeguarding needs.
• Ability to form good relationships with residents and maintain professional boundaries.

• Learning, development, and career progression.
• Wellbeing support through an employee assistance programme with counselling and coaching sessions.
• Retail discount schemes, monthly prize draws, and affordable loan options.
• Health cash plans, cycle to work scheme, long service awards.
• Refer a friend bonus, group pension plan, free parking, and…