Senior Care Assistant
About this role
Senior Care Assistant
Position Overview
Recruiting Agency: Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency
Client Partner: Avery Healthcare Group Ltd. (Greenholme House Care Home)
Location: Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, LS29 7QZ
Hourly Pay: £14.50 per hour
Contract Type: Permanent / Full-Time
Closing Date: 10 September 2026
About the Role Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency is proud to partner with Avery Healthcare Group—one of the UK's leading providers of luxury elderly care homes—to source a warm, enthusiastic, and experienced Senior Care Assistant for Greenholme House Care Home in Burley in Wharfedale. Guided by their core vision of "creating meaningful lives together," Avery offers an award-winning, supportive environment where your leadership and dedication directly empower the care team to deliver exceptional, person-centred care to residents.
Key Responsibilities
Support and work alongside the care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment.
Monitor resident wellbeing, update care plans to reflect changing needs, and actively participate in the person-centred care planning process including monthly evaluations.
Support residents with their medication requirements safely and in line with guidelines.
Conduct staff supervisions and support team development where required.
Act as a key point of contact for residents, relatives, visitors, and healthcare professionals, ensuring reasonable requests are met and concerns or complaints are escalated appropriately.
Person Specification & Requirements
Qualifications & Experience: Must hold an NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in care for care homes, alongside a minimum of 2 years of experience working in a similar care environment.
Core Skills & Qualities: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, a positive attitude toward supporting and nurturing both residents and staff, and the responsiveness and flexibility to cover a range of responsibilities.
Values: Full alignment with Avery's core values of being caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable.
Compliance: Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check required (cost met by Avery Healthcare) alongside proof of eligibility to work in the UK.