Senior Home Carer

Placed: 12/01/18
Region: South Yorkshire
Location: Rotherham
Category: Jobs


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Available pay rate of £8.51! / Competitive hourly rate.

Are you compassionate, truthful and resilient? If so, read on

Mears Care are looking for Female* community Full Time Senior Care workers positions are car Driver Essential covering our Barnsley & Wakefield Contract and have a position available immediately. Previous experience in Care/ NVQ 2 in Health & Social care essential for this role, wed love to hear from you!

**Car Driver Essential covering - Barnsley Town centre, Monk Bretton , Lundwood,Mapplewell,Shafton, Grimethorpe,Brierley, Athersley,Staincross, Carlton,Royston,Cundy Cross, Smithies, New Lodge, Darton, Thurnscoe,Great Houghton,Cudworth Normanton,Featherstone,Ackworth, Hemsworth,South Emsall,South Hiendley, Upton,Havercroft **

There are many benefits of working for one of the largest care providers in the UK with local offices all over the country including:

* Up to 28 paid holidays per annum
* Mears company pension
* Free uniform
* Access to Mears Advantage money saving scheme
* Refer a friend bonus of up to £1000!
* Annual company fun days
* Early morning, evening and weekend shifts compulsery
* An employee assist hotline
* Free enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
* Extensive training (funded by Mears), including the transition to complete QCF in Health and Social Care and the Care Certificate to support your career growth
* Extensive induction programme, for which you will be paid, including opportunities to transition automatically to complete QCF
* Career progression can include to become a Senior Care worker, Visiting Officer, Coordinator or Branch Manager
* Care workers with 12 months experience will receive a £300 golden handshake

By joining our team you are committed to providing the best standards of care and support to older and disabled who would like to continue living in their own homes.

As a Senior Care Worker, your work is centred around the people you work with and those in your care;

these relationships are key to the delivery of a high quality, user-focused service.

The relationships central to the role are:

1.Co-ordinator: Line Manager and your central point of contact. They will schedule your work on a

weekly basis and support you with any issues arising.

2.Trainer: Responsible for your PEAW training and ongoing professional development

3. Branch Manager ( Registered Manager): Has overall accountability for service delivery, meeting

contractual obligations and maintaining standards of care across all service users.

4.Service users: People under your care requiring varying levels of support and assistance.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. To provide a service of care to Service Users in accordance with legislation and Company policies

and procedures.

2. To give on-going support to new and existing staff.

3. To participate in the induction and shadowing of new staff, ensuring all shadowing forms are filled in

and handed into the office promptly.

4. To comply with policies and procedures contained in Mears Care Policies and Procedures.

5. To carry out duties to enable Mears Care to continue to comply and meet all standards relevant to

national regulation and local authority requirements.

6. To have an active awareness of personal responsibilities and accountability for helping to ensure

that a safe working environment is maintained in accordance with legislation.

7. To be responsible for the required administrational duties of recording, transmission and storage of

confidential information.

8. To ensure the care team understands the importance of their actions in meeting the targets of the

contract i.e. logging in/out on call monitoring system.

9. To ensure workers have a supply of protective clothing (aprons and gloves etc.)

10. To participate in emergency cover when required.

11. To monitor high standards of work performance in Service Users home.

12. To report to Line Manager the progress of individuals, incidents that have occurred and general

observations daily where necessary and at team meetings.

13. To participate in the on-call as required.

14. To maintain confidentiality throughout the service according to legal requirements.

15. To report promptly any concerns, complaints or grievances to their line manager / Registered

Manager.

16. To actively participate in the supervision and appraisal process.

17. To participate in training and further development as required.

18. Any other duties applicable to the post, as reasonably requested by management.

Requirements

* A passion for making a positive difference in peoples lives
* Sharing in the Mears Five Behaviours being motivational, empowering, customer-focused, being a role-model and setting high standards
* Good written and verbal communication skills
* A satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (paid for by Mears)
* A driving licence and access to your own vehicle

If you share Mears passion for making a positive difference in peoples lives, please click apply to start your application.

* **under an exemption from the Equality Act 2010; Section 9, Part 1 (a) as a Genuine Occupational Requirement"**

Price / Salary: £8.51 per hour