Senior Home Care Assistant

Role: Senior Home Care Assistant

Location: Bournemouth & Poole 

Pay rate: £13.70 - £15.70 per hour

Travel: £12.71 per hour + 40p per mile mileage allowance

Hours: Full-time, including alternate weekends (days off to include every Thursday and every other weekend)

Shift Pattern: 07:00 to 14:00 & 16:00 to 22:00 

 If you’re looking for the next step in your career with a local provider that prides itself on its values and on fostering a supportive work culture, our Senior Home Care Assistant role could be perfect for you. 

This is a varied role and will include supporting and supervising our Home Care Assistants, completing client assessments, writing care plans, and helping to ensure the smooth running of the service. 

 For this role, a driving licence and access to a vehicle for work are essential. 

Rewards and Benefits

A career in care means constantly improving the quality of people’s lives and offers a stimulating and incredibly rewarding career. As a not-for-profit charity, we focus on the reward and recognition of all our amazing people within the Care South Team.

• Paid travel time
• Enhanced rate on Bank Holidays 
• 40p per mile mileage allowance, paid fortnightly
• Online/retail discounts.
• Paid induction and training.
• Employee referral bonus scheme.
• Free DBS check.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Life insurance.
• Staff association.
• Onsite learning and development team.
• Career progression.
• Competitive pay rates.
• Flexible working hours.
• Employee assistance and wellbeing programmes.

Our Senior Home Care Assistants are placed on an excellent induction programme and receive our ongoing commitment to their training and development.

Key duties for a Senior Home Care Assistant include (but may not be limited to)

• To attend daily meetings with the discharge team and multiple external agencies
• To accept new care packages (referrals) directly from the hospital once a patient has been assessed as medically safe to leave hospital
• To add referrals to Care South systems and coordinate care visits
• To keep spreadsheets up to date and send daily and weekly reports
• To support our Home Care Assistants
• To work with the wider team to ensure continuity of approach, maintaining clear communication
• To cover care calls when they are not allocated

Training we will provide the Senior Home Care Assistant

• Full assessor and care planning training will be provided, enabling the Senior Home Care Assistant to create and deliver person-centred care plans focused on achieving measurable outcomes and goals.

About our Senior Home Care Assistants

• Holder of an NVQ or Diploma Level 2 in Health and Social Care (or working towards)
• Strong IT skills, ability to multitask and work to internal objectives
• A genuine desire to make a positive impact on the lives of our clients
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Holder of an enhanced DBS on the update service or be prepared to undertake one

What You Need to Know

• You must be 18 years or older.
• We are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship.

Ready to Join Us?

If you’re kind, caring, and ready to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and become part of something truly special with Care South at Home Bournemouth.