Senior Care Assistant Review

My overall role of a Senior is to make sure the shift runs smoothly and the wellbeing of my residents and staff is maintained to the highest standard. I make sure that there are enough staff for the day and make sure that the residents are receiving care throughout the day along with their medication following the company's policies and procedures. I make sure they are safeguarded from abuse from the staff, other residents and outside organisations.

I have learnt that I have a better skill set for Dementia individuals as I was always more with the residential side of my care.

I enjoyed the programme very much, it was hard work but relay worth the effort. It opens your eyes to how individuals can easily be abused within care and that some of it goes undetected which is so terrible to even think of.

My level 3 was going well until my advisor was change due to reasons out of my control and we was reassigned with a new advisor Sarah Grant, who was fantastic. Sarah introduce herself to me and she was so welcoming and reshoring me that everything will be okay. I was given enough study time for my units and she was very supportive. I was at that time a care assistant/medication administrator and now thanks to Sarah's help and my dedication I am now a senior care assistant for the company that I work for.

I receive a lot of support from my employer, whenever I had to leave my floor due to seeing my advisor it was not a problem as they had allocated more staff. My employer has been very encouraging and supportive throughout my level 2 and 3.

Sarah, my advisor was fantastic! I had all the help and support I needed to help me pass my level 3, from reshoring me and helping me on my weaknesses which was my presentation and the EPA session, as I was nervous and felt like I could not do it.

Having my qualification has helped me as I have learnt so much from it and it has given me more confidence learning about behaviours of individuals and strategies to lead teams which I never had when I was a care assistant.

We have team building activities for the staff and we have social event for our residents along with daily activities. Some of our colleagues hold a monthly book club. We have discount benefits for gyms and other lifestyle leisure activities and at least once a month some of us colleagues will get together and for a meal or something.

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It is a great company and the two advisors I had throughout my level 2 and 3 were fantastic individuals to work with.

If someone asked my about my experience with Paragon skills and how did I find the experience, I would say "believe that you can achieve and complete your apprenticeship because if you believe that and you work hard along side your advisor and put in the time, it is possible. "