Senior Night Care Assistant. St Helens Hall Care Home

• £13.68 per hour 
• 3-4 nights per week 
• 8pm-8am shifts

Apply now to become part of the St Helens Hall family! Our 94-bedded residential home for older adults is a dynamic and bustling environment, with our residents’ wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. Recently rated ‘Good’ by CQC in all areas, and having won a number of awards, our staff have been praised for the quality of care and for supporting residents to have maximum choice and control over their own lives.

If you want to work somewhere with a fantastic atmosphere and which will support your professional development, come and meet our dedicated Home Manager Amanda, who has worked at St Helens Hall since 2008 after starting as a Care Assistant herself.

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 full time hours. However, overtime enhancement will not feature on your contract of employment and can be withdrawn at any time as managers decision is final. 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.