Location
LE3 0UX
Job Overview
We are looking for a dedicated, experienced and motivated Senior Care Worker to join our team at Agnes House in a full-time, salaried position.
This is an important leadership role within the home, with responsibility for running shifts effectively, ensuring residents receive consistently high standards of person-centred care, and supporting the care team to deliver safe, compassionate and dignified care.
Working closely with the wider team, you will lead by example, promote independence and choice, and help create a positive environment in which residents feel safe, respected and valued.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Leading shifts: Taking responsibility for the effective day-to-day running of shifts, allocating duties, guiding care staff and ensuring residents’ needs are met.
• Care planning: Creating, reviewing and updating individual care plans to reflect residents’ changing needs, preferences and wishes. Person Centred software is used for electronic care planning
• Risk assessments: Completing, reviewing and updating risk assessments to promote residents’ safety, wellbeing and independence.
• Staff supervision and support: Providing supervision, guidance and constructive feedback to care staff, supporting their development and promoting good practice across the wider team.
• Medication management: Administering medication safely and accurately in accordance with relevant policies, procedures and best practice. Care Meds manage our electronic medication administration.
• Communication and record keeping: Producing clear, accurate and detailed daily records, reports and handovers to ensure continuity of care and effective communication between shifts.
• Quality and compliance: Maintaining high standards of care, safeguarding, dignity and confidentiality, while following relevant procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Resident wellbeing: Building positive relationships with residents and their families, promoting choice and independence, and ensuring every individual is treated with fairness, dignity and respect.
Skills and Qualifications required
We are looking for someone who shares our values of fairness, dignity and respect and who is passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of older people.
You will be a confident and organised individual who can take responsibility for a shift, make sound decisions, support colleagues and maintain high standards even when working under pressure.
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
• Experience working in a residential care or similar care setting, with experience of leading shifts or supporting a care team.
• A Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care, such as an NVQ or Diploma, or a willingness to work towards the relevant qualification.
• Confidence in administering medication and maintaining accurate medication records electronically, ideally to have experience of using EMAR.
• The ability to create and update care plans and risk assessments in response to residents’ needs, ideally to have a working knowledge of PCS systems.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce detailed reports, daily records and clear handovers.
• The ability to provide staff supervision, guidance and support, encouraging a positive and professional team culture.
• Willing to undertake training as required.
• A compassionate, reliable and flexible approach, with a commitment to person-centred care and safeguarding.
We welcome applications from experienced Senior Care Workers looking for a new challenge within a respected and well-established charity, as well as ambitious care professionals who are ready to take the next step in their career and have the appropriate skills and experience to develop into the role.
Hours per week
Working Pattern This is a full-time, salaried position working a structured shift pattern, including alternate weekends. The weekend working arrangement will alternate between: • Weekend one: Available weekend to provide support the senior on shift, in accordance with the agreed rota. • Weekend two: A full continental-style weekend shift pattern, comprising Friday evening and shifts throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 7am – 9.30pm
Closing Date
26/10/2026
Apply
Apply for the job by emailing your CV + covering letter to cindy.nicholls@wyggestons.org.uk