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Senior Care Assistant

Job Posted: 19 minutes ago

Salary: £ 26,000 - 28,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Stafford, Staffordshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION SENIOR CARER – STAFFORDSHIRE - £26000 - £28000

NO COS/SPONSORSHIP, MUST HAVE OWN CAR AND UK DRIVERS LICENCE

Duties

To provide personal Domiciliary care and support to people in their own homes in line with an agreed care and support plan.

To care for service users in non-discriminatory ways, respecting each users dignity, individuality, cultural and social background and independence.

To work with other staff employed by the service and where involved with staff from other services in order to provide an integrated approach to people’s health and care.

To work in partnership with users family members and friends who are involved in their care and support.

To be familiar with the services safeguarding policy and procedures and ensure that it is always implemented.

To support care workers when required and offer guidance to improve standards of the work force.

Help service users with activities of daily living, eg getting up in the morning, going to bed at nights, dressing, undressing, washing, bathing and toilet arrangements

Help service users overcome any mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including helping in the use and care of aids and personal equipment

Help make a person physically comfortable by, eg making and changing beds, tidying rooms, doing light cleaning, laundry and emptying commodes where used

Help with their eating and drinking by, eg preparing meals, snacks and drinks and helping users to eat and drink if they cannot or have difficulty in doing this by themselves

Contribute to specialised care plans, eg for people with dementia, re-enablement or people with continence difficulties

Help users take their prescribed medication (as specified on their care plans)

Contribute to the care of service users who are temporarily sick and needing, eg minor dressings, bed nursing, help with feeding, etc Contribute as needed to a persons end-of-life care

Promote users mental and physical activity by, eg talking to them, helping them do things for themselves, prompting, taking them shopping, sharing with them in activities such as reading, writing, hobbies and recreations

Read and write reports, and take part in service users meetings and in training activities as directed

Complete to a good standard of English notes, journals, concerns, incident reports and meeting minutes

Report to the RM/Care Co-Ordinator on any aspects of service user care which warrants urgent action

Ensure you follow emergency procedures and escalate any issues immediately

Adhere to all guidance, risk assessments, care plans and updates to ensure clients are safe

Comply with the services guidelines and policies at all times, eg in respect of dress code, wearing of identity badges, travelling and security and safeguarding of service users

Report to the service manager any significant changes in the health or circumstances of a service user

Encourage and enable service users to remain as independent as possible

Actively participate and attend where possible team, staff and any other meetings to ensure shared learning, updates and other communications are understood.

Conduct spot checks, audit reviews with actions, record and review concerns & incidents on CLL and follow up actions and shared learnings.

Be able to write and review effectively care plans and risk assessments

The job holder must: be flexible in terms of availability, working hours, adaptability have previous experience of care work have their own transport have a good morals, manners and work ethic

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