What is a Senior Care Worker?
A Senior Care worker, might work in a variety of roles, ranging from delivering specialist care to organising the activity of other staff and dealing with incidents that arise. They might work across care homes, health facilities or around the community.
They will typically manage a team of Care Assistants including recruiting and training new staff. They will also be the link to Service Managers and attend team meetings. They will have responsibility to write care plans and use excellent communication skills to update families on their relative’s progress.
Your responsibilities
- Managing and supporting workers so they can perform their roles to the best of their ability
- Supporting the manager to run the workplace according to standards and legislation
- Acting as a postive role model to colleagues
- Developing care plans that outline what care and support individuals needs
- Leading team meetings and doing induction, supervisions and appraisals
- Working in partnerships with other professionals to ensure individuals get the support they need
What You'll need
Core skills
- Being caring, sensitive and understaning
- Having patience and knowing how to remain calm in stressful situations
- Being able to lead a team of Care Workers and having the ability to work well with other health professionals
- Being energetic, resourceful and having a caring nature
- Having an attentive ear and excellent communication skills
- Having stamina and being able to keep up with work that requires high levels of energy
- Displaying a good sense of humour
What You'll Gain
Transferable skills
- Able to effectively delegate responsibilities
- Supervising staff
- Mentoring
- Ability to work within time constraints and budgets
- Knowledge of health and safety checks
What You'll Use
Key skills
English
- Writing care plans
- Reading and understanding information
- Communication with individuals, relatives and colleagues
Maths
- Monitoring time
- Using values, scales and ratios
IT
- Carrying out basic IT tasks on different devices
Role opportunities
These are some possible roles you may consider in your career journey. Discuss with your Inspiro Coach for further guidance.
Other related routes
National Careers Website
The National Careers website is a government database that provides information for a job you are looking to explore.
Adult Care Sector Roles
Use our Sector Roles map to see if there is a role within your chosen sector that you are interested in.
Resources
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