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£11.89 phPLUS £3 enhancement* for overtime

38.5 hours per week

20:00-08:00 shifts

Come and join us at Longridge Hall, our friendly residential care home based in Longridge. Here at Longridge Hall, we support our residents to make this truly their home, whether they want a reminiscence lounge, a chapel, or even an indoor sensory garden! Our dedicated Care Home Manager, Tracey, has worked here for more than 10 years and is truly emotionally invested in making our home a lovely place to both live and work.

We are currently looking to hire compassionate and dedicated individuals to support the Home Manager in providing exceptional, person-centered care to the residents of the Home, ensuring a warm, happy and homely environment is maintained at all times and supporting each of the residents to remain as active and independent as possible within the constraints of their condition.

As a Senior Care Assistant at our home, your role may involve:

undertaking any necessary training
supporting our residents with personal care and hygiene, eating, and getting involved with daily activities
providing emotional support and companionship
supporting our residents to live an enriched and fulfilled life, focussed on their individual hobbies, preferences and abilities
maintaining high standards within the care home environment
Senior-level duties to support the Home Manager, which may involve: staff supervisions, appraisals, record-keeping, liaising with outside professionals, interviewing etc.

Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:
Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda, Costa and Argos
Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus
Flexible pay* - choose when you are paid, and get money management tips too
Free wellbeing programme - helping you look after your physical and mental health
Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work
Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement
In-house training - on-going face-to-face training, tailored to you
Career opportunities - The chance to ‘make your mark' and play a key role

• Overtime is paid for working over fulltime hours. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me' app. Flexible pay is available via ‘WAGESTREAM'.

What are we looking for?

Supervisory/leadership experience in a residential or nursing home setting
A positive outlook and warm personality
Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care, or willing to work towards
Confident in record-keeping and the use of various technologies
Able to remain calm and guide colleagues under pressure
Flexibility to work shift patterns according to the needs of our residents

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health.