Senior Care Assistant Apprenticeship at Benslow Management Company Ltd

As a Senior Care Assistant, you will play a key leadership role in supporting the Home Manager and Deputy Manager in all aspects of home management and care delivery. You’ll be a role model for best practice, ensuring residents receive person-centred, compassionate care.

• Support the Home Manager and Deputy Manager in all operational aspects of the home, including taking full charge in their absence
• Supervise and actively participate in the delivery of high-quality care
• Lead on residents’ individual care documentation, ensuring a person-centred approach
• Provide training, supervision, and mentoring to junior care staff
• Administer medication safely and in accordance with company policy
• Promote residents’ dignity, independence, and choice at all times
• Maintain accurate records and uphold confidentiality
• Work collaboratively with staff, residents, families, and healthcare professionals
• Encourage residents’ participation in activities, supporting their emotional and intellectual wellbeing
• Support families with sensitivity and professionalism
• Induct, mentor, and support new care staff
• Provide effective supervision, identifying any training or support needs
• Monitor staff performance and report concerns appropriately
• Help maintain a positive, team-focused environment
• Adhere to all company policies, procedures, and Health & Safety regulations
• Participate in staff meetings and mandatory training
• Ensure accurate record-keeping and compliance with all legislative requirements
• Respond effectively to emergencies such as accidents, fire, or missing residents
• Maintain security and report maintenance issues promptly

What We’re Looking For:

• Must have a full drivers licence and working vehicle
• At least 1 years’ experience as a Care Assistant or Senior Care
• Assistant within an older persons’ care setting
• Strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills
• Compassionate, reliable, and dedicated to providing person-centred care
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on your own initiative
• A great communicator, you’ll enjoy working in a close-knit team that feels like a family, with people from all walks of life

The successful candidate will obtain a Level 3 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship qualification.

Potential full-time employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Pre-employment checks. Please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment, the company completes digitalised right-to-work checks and DBS applications via an external provider - 'Matrix Screening'. The company also completes an internal online social media search, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.

Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.