Blue Octopus Recruitment Limited
Senior Care Practitioner
Key Responsibilities
- Offering day-to-day person-centered care, including activities and planned day trips (swimming, seaside trips, museums, sensory walks).
Skills and Expertise
- Minimum of 1 year experience in adult social care or nursing.
- Experience in leading shifts.
- Caring, self-motivated, and passionate about supporting people with learning disabilities and complex healthcare needs.
- Basic IT skills (Microsoft Word, email).
- Basic numeracy and literacy skills.
- Willingness to pursue professional qualifications (e.g., Level 2/3 RQF/NVQ).
- Commitment to training and progressing to a shift leader.
- Committed, reliable, and team-oriented.
- Flexible, willing to work weekends and bank holidays.
Job Facilities/Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Enhanced pay for bank holidays and on-call
- Excellent internal and external training
- Comprehensive induction and ongoing training
- Mileage paid for travel during work hours
- 28 days holiday per year (pro rata, inclusive of bank holidays)
- Increased holiday entitlement with service
- Pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to Wage Stream
- Medicash (24hr GP, discounts, wellbeing aids)
- Life insurance scheme
- Monthly staff prize draw