Senior Night Care Worker - Part Time

Overview

As a Senior Care Worker on night shift with Cross Reach, you will play a key role in providing high-quality, person-centred care while ensuring the smooth running of the service overnight. You will combine hands-on care with responsibility for supporting staff, maintaining standards and responding calmly to any issues that arise during the night.

• Providing compassionate, person-centred care and support throughout the night
• Leading and supporting night staff to ensure safe, consistent practice
• Acting as the senior point of contact overnight and responding to incidents or emergencies
• Supporting medication administration in line with policy and training
• Maintaining accurate care records and clear handover information
• Promoting a calm, safe and reassuring environment for residents
• Working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure continuity of care

You will have experience working in a care setting and be confident in taking on a supervisory role, particularly during night shifts. You will be calm, reliable and able to make sound decisions when needed. You will hold an SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care, or be willing to work towards it, and meet SSSC and PVG requirements.

As we do our work in Christ’s name, this role requires you to have a Christian faith and be able to work within and uphold the Christian ethos of Cross Reach. This is an Occupational Requirement under Part 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

You’ll join a supportive, values-led organisation that recognises the importance of strong overnight care. We offer training, development opportunities and ongoing support to help you succeed in your role.

If you’re an experienced care professional looking for a night role with responsibility, purpose and support, apply today and become part of Cross Reach.

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.

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. 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.

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