Mariposa & Papillon Care
Senior Night Care Assistant
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Senior Night Care Assistant
Senior Care Assistant (Nights)
Hourly Rate: £14.71 per hour Location: Derwent Care Home Contract: Permanent
Join the Mariposa Care family and discover an exciting step in your care career.
About the Role
At Derwent, we are searching for an experienced Senior Care Assistant (Nights) with leadership skills and hands-on care expertise. In this role, you will provide exceptional care to residents while mentoring, supporting, and supervising your team. If you have a proven track record in care, including supervisory experience, this could be the ideal opportunity for you to empower both your colleagues and residents.
What’s the Job About?
As a Senior Care Assistant (Nights), your responsibilities will blend direct care with supportive management, ensuring that every resident receives compassionate, personalised, and dignified care.
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Mentoring and Team Support
- Coach and train your team to develop the skills and confidence needed to deliver high-quality care.
- Foster a safe and nurturing environment where colleagues can grow, ask questions, and perform at their best.
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Resident-Centred Care
- Assist residents with personal care tasks (e.g., bathing, dressing, mobility support) with patience and respect.
- Ensure every resident’s privacy, dignity, and independence are at the heart of your role.
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Care Planning and Coordination
- Contribute to developing and updating individualised care plans tailored to each resident’s needs.
- Ensure your team consistently follows care protocols, maintaining the highest standards of care delivery.
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- Medication Management
-Administer medication safeguardedly and compassionately, recording all dispenses accurately.
- Monitor medication adherence and report any anomalies to senior staff.
Key challenge: You’ll need to balance administrative and supervisory tasks while never compromising the emotional and physical wellbeing of our residents.
Why Join Mariposa Care?
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Competitive Pay & Incentives
- Targeted pay of £14.71 per hour, with enhanced overtime rates providing +£2 per hour.
- Unlimited £1,000 ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus – spread the word and bolster your savings.
Training & Development
- Fully funded training and professional qualifications.
- Opportunities to further develop leadership skills and progress in your career.
Employee Benefits
- Annual pay reviews to keep your earnings growing with you.
- Private healthcare options to cover costs like dental, optical, physio and more.
- The meaningful work that comes with helping residents live meaningful, value-filled lives every single shift.
Support & Culture
trabajar here is nurtured by a team that goes above and beyond. You’ll join a workplace renowned for its supportive community, where challenges are met with care and growth is celebrated every day.
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Recruitment Process
Before you begin, note that acceptance of an offer will be conditional on two key processes:
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Skill & Suitability Checks
- Provision of witnessed references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
- Assessment of spoken English and numeracy skills – critical to your role.
- A genuine passion for directly supporting and uplifting our residents: behaviour, attitude, and enthusiasm matter to us each step of the way.
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Reasonable Adjustments If you feel that any part of our recruitment process presents barriers, please email recruitment@mariposacare.com. We’ll do our very best to accommodate you, ensuring you can perform at your absolute best.
At Mariposa Care, we are unifying and evolving care for all. Our esteemed heritage is built on breaking barriers every single day. We actively thrive in our ability to welcome and engage everyone, regardless of age, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, belief, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.
Note: Job titles may vary. This role may also be referred to as:
- Senior Carer
- Senior Healthcare Assistant
- Senior Support Worker
- Social Care Assistant
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