Senior Night Care Worker

Role Responsibility

Senior Night Carer - Westbrook Integrated Care Centre

Westbrook Integrated Care Centre is seeking a Permanent Senior night care worker for 20hrs per week position.

Westbrook offers services to Older Adults 55 years +. We have two 15 bedded units. One supports individuals living with dementia who may require either period of respite or social care assessment. The other unit supports individuals who may need some rehabilitation and enablement.

The successful candidate will be joining a team which provides person centred care supporting Service Users to maintain and improve their mobility and independence and achieve identified goals with the assistance of in-house Occupational Therapists.

We are looking for motivated individuals with a “Can do” and caring approach.

Candidates should have experience of working in a health and social care setting and leading and supervising a small team of staff. Be competent in administration of medication and demonstrate good communication and recording skills with the ability to interact positively and effectively with service users, colleagues, professionals, and staff.

Candidates will have an a Diploma/NVQ level 2 in health and social care or equivalent and be willing to work towards their level 3.

Candidates must be flexible and reliable and willing to work waking nights and unsociable hours which will include some weekends and bank holidays.

Our set night hours are 21.30- 07.30.

We offer a comprehensive induction including The Care Certificate, in-house training, shadowing, regular supervision, and the developed care to senior programme.

There is a full range of KCC benefits available to staff including access to KCC Pension and the KCC Reward Gateway.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory pre-employment checks and references.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English / Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description / Person Specification.

Applications will be reviewed regularly, we will be in touch shortly after receiving your application.

Contact Details

Sharon Sanders - 03000422217 - Email - sharon.sanders@kent.gov.uk

OR

Debbie Ford - 03000422217 - Email - deborah.ford@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.