Would you like to work with us at South Moor Lodge?

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Do you want to make a difference to the lives of elderly people?

Are you looking for a care home job with career progression in elderly residential care?

Do you want to be part of a committed team that will help you achieve your potential?

Working at South Moor Lodge

At South Moor Lodge we are committed to delivering the highest standards of care to all residents in our home. We have a loyal and motivated team who are passionate about delivering our mission to improve the standards of care across the elderly care home industry.

We are always looking to add to our superb, passionate and dedicated team and have a range of care home jobs including Carers, Kitchen and Domestic team.

The culture at South Moor Lodge

We have a culture which reflects our values, with teamwork, effective communication and a positive outlook at the heart. We feel that we work in our residents’ homes, so our culture is homely and familial. A personally and financially rewarding role with regular training, team engagement, praise and appreciation of each other awaits you here at South Moor Lodge.

Values Based Recruitment

At South Moor we recruit based on our Values which are critical to the ethos of the care home. We recruit keen team members who share our mission to improve care home standards. We carefully select new team members with an innate sense of how to care for our residents with dignity and kindness at all times.

How We Support You

With over 30 team members supporting our residents, we have a high ratio of team members to residents. We believe everyone in our team is an Ambassador for South Moor Lodge, and in return we are committed to providing a positive place to work.

We acknowledge that it can be challenging to settle into a new and demanding role, especially if you are new to the care industry.  That’s why we have a three-pillar support system for new team members to enable you to succeed with us:

• Our Home Manager will welcome and support you when you start, ensuring the role is what you were expecting and having regular catch ups to discuss any issues, queries or problems
• Our Recruitment and Engagement Team will keep in touch with new starters until their first day with us.  Once you have started they will keep in touch, with a call after one week, one month and then 3 months to discuss how you’re settling and any concerns you may have
• Our New Starter Champions are your ‘buddy’ within the home.  You can discuss anything with them and ask them any questions you need to in order to help you settle in.  They are there to offer confidential support and advice on matters you may not wish to discuss with your manager

This approach is in place to ensure new starters are content and find their new role rewarding.

Remuneration

We know working in the care sector is hard work and emotionally demanding, albeit extremely personally rewarding. That’s why we are committed to the National Living Wage and actually pay all team members in excess of the National Living Wage. We believe in thanking and rewarding our team as much as possible for the amazing work they do.

We have three levels of pay for each role: team member performing in line with expectations, team member performing below expectations and team member performing above expectations. We firmly believe that those ‘going the extra mile’ should be personally and financially rewarded.

Incentives

As well as a salary we also offer each team member many additional financial incentives. These include:

• A mandatory training incentive for new team members
• Vouchers for all staff completing Diploma in Care (NVQ) qualifications
• Vouchers for all team members for a positive CQC inspection
• Extra payments for helping colleagues by covering additional and last minute shifts
• Vouchers for anyone being a good Ambassador for South Moor Lodge

Longevity of Service

We are very proud of the long length of service of many of our team. This enables us to provide a stable and caring environment for all our residents.

We aspire to have the best team retention across the elderly care home industry and this is why we do so many things that most of the care home industry does not do:

• Pay all team members well in excess of the National Living Wage
• Offer all team members many additional incentives and rewards for going above and beyond for our residents
• Allocate every new team member a New Starter Champion to support them for their first year
• Offer our team meaningful rewards for completing Diploma in Care qualifications
• Pay all training course fees

Team Development

At South Moor Lodge we are committed to the training and development of all members of the team. We offer incentives, pay for courses and support you in any way we can.

Many of our team have progressed within South Moor through our constant encouragement and support. We invest in training our team and assisting them to achieve their potential and we promote people when they are ready rather than waiting for a vacancy to arise.  Find out more on our Training page.

Vacancies

The current opportunities available for you to make a meaningful difference to our residents’ lives are below: