Senior Healthcare Assistant, Dartford Kent
Location: Sonya Lodge Care Home, 10 High Road, Dartford DA2 7EG
Contracted hours: 40 hours (mixed days and nights, to include some weekend working)
Hourly rate of pay: From £13.53
As a Senior Healthcare Assistant, you will be part of an exceptionally supportive team, providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at Sonya Lodge Care Home.

The perfect role for you
Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you will thrive on bringing a smile to our residents' faces whilst supporting their physical and mental wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing leadership to the care staff within the service.
• Providing care in accordance with current best practices, policy and procedures, agreed standards, legislative requirements and relevant regulations, under the direction of the manager.
• Carrying out and supervising the care services within the organisation in accordance with agreed standards.
• Maintaining skills at a current level, and undertaking such training and development as may be required to keep practices up to date.
• Supervising staff and ensuring that all staff contribute to the efficient running of the service.
• Supporting effective communication with residents' families, friends, advocates or representatives around all aspects of care and wellbeing.

What we offer

• Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• Workplace pension
• 'Refer a Friend' payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for by the company
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• Working in a supportive team
• The opportunity to help your team develop
• Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline
• Nellsar work uniforms

Why Choose Us?
Nellsar has been a family-run Company since 1988 and provides exceptional care for residents across its group of 13 Care Homes in Kent, Surrey, and Essex. Apply through our website or contact Sonya Lodge Care Home on 01322 289 768.
Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion.