Careers

About The Role

Yorkare Homes is an award winning care home provider based in East Yorkshire.

As a family owned company, with over 30 years experience operating care homes, we aim to provide the highest quality care in luxury environments.

This is reflected by our numerous Outstanding ratings from CQC (which puts us in the top 2% in the country) and the 3 Best New Care Home in the UK awards we received at the prestigious Pinders Healthcare Design Awards in London.

The Home, in the heart of Haxby, will provide both residential and dementia care for up to 63 residents.

It is on a 1.4 acre site allowing for large gardens, allotments and a bowls green.

Facilities will include an in-house bar, a hair and beauty salon, terraces on each floor, a cinema and a sweet shop. These will be used daily in our varied activities programme.

We are current recruiting for Senior Care Assistants (Nights) for our Rawcliffe Manor Care Home

This will involve some weekend work

The role of a Senior Care Assistant is to ensure the needs of the residents are met in a person-centred way that respects their dignity and promotes independence. .

It is essential that all our staff are:

• Flexible, caring and compassionate.
• Positive, self-motivated and organised.
• Willing to undertake any training necessary to develop skills and competency relevant to the role.
• Sensitive to the needs of others.
• An active team player and must be able to work on own initiative.
• Possess good communication skills with colleagues and residents.

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Overview of Job Description

• To either be in overall charge of an entire speciality or to support the person in overall charge in all aspects of the management of the home.
• To promote the philosophy of Privacy, dignity, independence, choice, rights and fulfilment for all of our clients, treating everyone with respect.
• To support and guide Care assistants to provide personal care and support residents with a wide range of needs and disabilities.
• To induct, train and supervise care assistants as required.
• To safely administer medications to those in your care, using the appropriate documentation in accordance with MAR charts and Yorkare Homes policies.
• To report and record in the appropriate manner any information considered to be important. Read and write reports in an accurate and timely fashion using the computer systems.
• To deal with any queries or worries expressed by residents/relatives/visitors and forward on to senior managers if unable to resolve.

In return the company will offer you:

• Competitive rates of pay (increased rate if an NVQ2 in Health and Social Care is held)
• Free Uniform
• Free Enhanced DBS check*
• Fully comprehensive training and development support from our In house trainer
• Career Progression
• Staff recognition awards
• Rewards App
• Health Scheme
• Working with a fantastic team of friendly, supportive, like-minded individuals

Whilst experience is preferred, training and support is provided to a very high standard if the applicant demonstrates all the qualities we feel are essential to fulfil this role, such as having a positive and caring attitude

Yorkare Homes is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer

Pay scale: £14,10 per hour

*Fee will be recouped should you leave within your probationary period.