Senior Care Worker

Hourly rate: £9.78 Have you got a passion with caring for others, while being a part of a growing community that values its employees? Mears Care are looking for a Senior Support Worker to demonstrate their skills and become part of a company who respects your hard work and dedication towards our local community. Mears Care have a dedicated team working alongside them and wish to broaden their group further. The team is highly committed to providing the best standards of care and support to the elderly and disabled who would like to continue living in their own homes. Main responsibilities: To provide support to your new and existing staff team, participating in the induction and shadowing of new staff, To ensure the care team understands the importance of their actions To monitor high standards of work performance in Service Users home. To maintain confidentiality throughout the service according to legal requirements. To report promptly any concerns, complaints or grievances to their line manager / Registered Manager. To carry out duties to enable Mears Care to continue to comply and meet all standards relevant to national regulation and local authority requirements. 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. To participate in the on-call as required. To participate in emergency cover when required. To report to Line Manager the progress of individuals, incidents that have occurred and general observations where necessary and at team meetings. Essential skills: 2 years of previous experience within the care sector and be flexible with their working hours. SVQ Level 2 qualification and are willing to work towards SVQ level 3. Driving licence and access to own vehicle. At Mears we want to take care of our employees, that's why we have a benefits site called Mears Rewards exclusively for all our employees. This site has hundreds of savings at popular retailers as well as an important Employee Assistance Programme, to take care of your well-being. You could save up to £1,000 a year with the variety of offers we have at Mears Rewards, from Tesco to Thomas Cook there really is a saving for everyone that can make your money go further. If this job is of interest to you, then we would love to hear from you Follow the application process to begin your opportunity working for a company that puts their community at heart.