Night Care Assistant Plas Hedd
Gwynedd Council
Caernarfon, LL55 1SHView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
See original advert
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time
Closing date
19 November 2026
6 days leftJob description
For further information about this post please contact Carys Owen on 01248 351827 or via e-mail carysowen2@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack.
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
(Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)
Purpose of the post
- Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- To ensure that the physical and emotional welfare of the users are met by operating individual User Plans. To ensure that a comfortable and clean environment is maintained in the home. This will all be done by following the Council’s guidelines and policies. Responsibility for the residents during the night time in the absence of the manager.
Responsibility for functions
- To respect and use all equipment and apparatus in the home appropriately. To notify the manager or the person with responsibility for the home at the time as soon as possible of any deficiencies in any equipment, or utilities (water, electricity, gas etc.). To ensure appropriate management of user’s property e.g. medicine and cash.
Main duties
- To ensure that the dignity and independence of the service users are respected through good care practices and in accordance with the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Older People.
- To be sensitive to the need to respect the rights of individuals at all times.
- To maintain confidentiality on all aspects of the home’s activities.
- To be part of the process to plan, prepare, implement and review the individual user’s plan.
- To act as a key worker for a specified number of service users and attend review meetings and case conferences of those users and contributing written and oral reports.
- To undertake cleaning and laundry duties.
- To prepare meals and drinks as required and serve the meals.
- To undertake the task of receiving and distributing medicine in accordance with the Council’s policy.
- To attend training courses and NVQ Level 2 particularly. And ensuring a consistent awareness of care issues.
- To attend meetings in accordance with the guidance of the Registered Home Manager.
- To familiarise with implementing the Council’s policies, procedures and guidelines regarding good practices and matters involving Health and Safety.
- When coming on duty, to familiarise with the general condition of all residents and the latest situation within the home.
- To receive new users into the home in emergency circumstances.
- To register with the Care Council in accordance with national guidelines.
- Responsibility for self-development.
- Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
- Operate within the Council’s policies and procedures in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
- Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
- Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
- Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
- Responsibility to report any worry or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special circumstances
- The need to work unsociable hours.
The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
For further information about this post please contact Carys Owen on 01248 351827 or via e-mail carysowen2@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
How to apply
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First seen
13 November 2026
Last checked
13 November 2026
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