Care Home jobs in Plymouth

Wisteria House, like most care homes offers free DBS, paid training, contributes towards Work Place Pension and on site parking.

The best benefit is being a part of a generous staffing ratio, well trained staff team lead by 3 registered managers.

We also offer additional benefits of:-

Home cooked meals and drinks whilst on shift 

Paid free joining fee and weekly weigh in cost - Slimming World.

We can offer travel assistance for people who do not have own transport.

Generous mileage (time allowance) for staff who assist with transport of other staff.

Boots vouchers for good attendance.

Vouchers for being recognised for going above and beyond for the people living in the home or supporting the staff team.

Staff parties and gifts - generous budgets given. 

Vouchers given for assistance with recruitment

Wisteria Dementia Care value the training and development of their staff team, although progressing in a career is not for everyone - we understand that people have commitments outside of work - but for those who are keen to progress we are ever expanding and like to think outside the box.

At Wisteria House Woolwell, we have a seperate comfortable training bungalow which holds one large training room and two small training rooms.  We also have nice food on training days!

We are always keen to let each member of staff choose training that they are naturally interested in.  Most staff choose either a path of healthcare or quality of life, although we do have a few staff who like specialties such as End of Life.  We are happy for people to think outside the box when it comes to training, which we alter refer to as Specialisms within our wage structure.

The Wisteria group of homes will continue to grow and therefore are always investing in training such as Trainee Registered Managers. Most of Wisteria homes have 1 or 2 Trainee Managers at any one time.  It is not just about completing a Level 5 in Leadership, it is also includes hands on work experience in all areas of Management and Leadership skills, to taking a fair share of being left in charge over weekends and any of the Registered Managers absences due to sickness/holidays.  So if you are looking to become a Registered Manager the training you will receive is excellent and we will also fully prepare you for a management role.    

Here at Wisteria House we want the staff team to feel proud and worthy of the care that they offer and receive.  Receiving a compliment or getting noticed by any of your working colleagues is fantastic and rewarding but a smile or a hug from the people who live in the home, we feel is one of the best part of our working and caring role.

Although families can be generous with their compliments but on rare occasions we feel that some families can treat the staff team in away we feel is not acceptable, please report this to any of the Leadership team and we will firmly address this issue.  We would not want this to happen to anyone, we do want you to have positive feelings about your chosen working role in life.

Safety of the individuals living in the home and the staff team is paramount. The Registered Manager for Compliance's main duty is to ensure that we have:

"Sufficient well trained staff to safely meet the needs of the people living in the home".

We would not like you to feel overworked, stressed, and definitely not receive injury to yourself or the people living in the home which could have been prevented.

Owner Louise, has always had strong beliefs that the staff team should feel empowered, they should be involved within the decision making of the homes.  The Leadership team have embraced the ethos surrounding empowerment and have grown in their Leadership skills for the benefit of all concerned, this has been a journey of improvement and continues to flourish each year.  Each of the Wisteria Homes are managed slightly differently this is down to the empowerment from the staff team.