Team Leader - Lyme Valley House Residential Care Home, Newcastle-under-Lyme | June 2023 - Present - Spearheaded a team in a residential care home, ensuring optimal staffing levels and compliance with standards and legislation. - Collaborated with healthcare professionals to deliver comprehensive support tailored to individual needs. - Implemented and maintained person-centred care plans, involving families in the care process and maintaining regular communication. - Managed administrative duties including rota management, payroll, medication ordering, and conducting audits to ensure high-quality care.

Senior Care Assistant - Lyme Valley House Residential Care Home, Newcastle-under-Lyme | Feb 2016 - Present - Administered medications and maintained accurate MAR sheets, utilising personal centred software for daily care documentation. - Conducted safety checks, ensured adherence to COSHH standards, and liaised with a range of healthcare professionals to coordinate comprehensive care. - Participated in care planning, recruitment processes, and staff training to maintain high standards of care and compliance.

Night care assistant

Night care assistant

Full time, duties included:Duties as a care assistant:Personal care and personal hygieneDoing activities with residents such as reading playing games and getting them to interact with others.Assisting residents with everyday tasks such as washing, bathing and toileting.Wheelchair safety checks and reporting faults to the designated maintenance officer.Duties as a cook:Food preparationMaintaining high levels of hygiene.Administrative tasks such as temperature charts and food charts.Duties as a domestic:Maintaining high levels of cleanliness such as resident's rooms, bathrooms and toilets.Receiving food ordersTemperature checksVacuuming, mopping, dusting, wiping down surfaces and cleaning carpets.