EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AT FARTHINGS RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME!

West Drayton, Near Retford, Nottinghamshire

Salary: £12.60 & £11.59

About us

Farthings is an award-winning family-run care home who genuinely care. Our dedicated and long-serving team of friendly carers are tirelessly committed to the wellbeing and happiness of our resident’s lives. It’s what our care is all about. Farthings is a small home with a big heart, and an excellent reputation, all gained through over 30 years of being in existence.

Ashall Care believes that people should be encouraged and helped to continue the life they have always lived. Maintaining an individuals right to choose is the foundation of their wellbeing and promotes happiness and contentment throughout the home, not only for our residents but for the families and our staff too. From here, we can do wonderful things to enrich the lives of everyone who lives here. That’s what Ashall Care is all about.

If you are looking for a career where you truly make a difference, then this could be the position for you. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Senior Carer to join our team.

Farthings are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, committed, and experienced Senior Carer. You should be able to lead a team and show warmth and support to our residents and their families; helping to promote dignity and positively enhancing the lives of individuals in our care. Farthings has farmhouse origins and is a home from home privately owned Care Home with 22 beds.

As a Senior Carer at Farthings, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the delivery of quality of care by continually assessing our residents needs and wishes
• Developing, reviewing and updating care plans to meet our residents changing physical, social and psychological needs
• Administer medication and maintain appropriate levels
• Communicating professionally and warmly with visitors and family, and other health care professionals
• Promoting high standards of care by ensuring all staff are supervised appropriately and shifts run in a smooth and efficient manner
• Promoting the Home in a professional manner, by becoming actively involved in raising awareness of the Home within the local community
• Completing quality audits as requested by the Registered Manager
• You should have a positive attitude and ensure a person centered approach is adopted whilst showing compassion and a desire to make a difference. It is important you are able to demonstrate leadership qualities and willing to take ownership for the delivery of quality care.

You should hold a minimum of a NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care, ideally you will have or be working towards a NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care and must have a right to work in the UK, we do not offer sponsorship for overseas workers. Ideally you should have a minimum of two years experience of working with the elderly in a health and social care setting. Previous experience of working as a Senior Carer/Team Leader is advantageous.

In return Ashall Care provides a great range of benefits:

• Free first uniform
• Free First DBS check
• Free meal if work over 6 hours
• Workplace pension
• Flexible working
• Holiday entitlement accessible from the day you start working
• Recommend a friend bonus once probation is passed
• Learning and development encouraged and supported
• Free Blue Light Card membership once probation is passed
• Overtime rates for all bank holidays

Farthings has farmhouse origins and is a home from home privately owned Care Home with 22 beds. Farthings is rated ’ good ’ in all areas inspected by the Care Quality Commission ( CQC ) and is band 5 Nottinghamshire County Council rated. The home holds a 5* food hygiene rating and has won the Care Home of the Year award at the local C.H.A.S.E awards. In addition, Farthings has been awarded a score of 9.6 on carehome.co.uk , the leading UK care home review website.

We are looking for someone who will cover both the Senior Carer (@£12.60/hr) and Care Assistant (@£11.59/hr) roles, as dictated to by the rota. We have a temporary 33-hour contract available, to cover maternity leave until November 2025, with an immediate start. The shift times will be 1900-0700.

Shifts are pre-planned on a rota app and additional shifts can be picked up as and when you wish through the app. Additional hours which may be picked up if you choose would be either 0700-1300, 0700-1900, 1300-1900, 1800-2300 or 1900-0700. Shifts will include include weekends and bank holidays.

We pay overtime rates for all bank holidays and provide a workplace pension.

Salary: £12.60 & £11.59

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Pay: £11.59-£12.60 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 33 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• West Drayton, DN22 8ED: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• supervisory: 1 year (preferred)
• care home: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)
• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)
• NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person