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Job Role: Care Worker

Responsible to: Team Leader

Responsible for: Personal support

SIMEON

 

Job Description - Care Worker :

To provide emotional and physical support to individuals and their families. To facilitate independence by working in a dignified and respectful way.

 

Key Accountabilities

Staff:

·         Develop strong interpersonal skills and solid relationships.

·         Maintain administrative systems, confidentially and accurately.

·         Work effectively both on your own and as part of a larger team.

·         Develop strong teamwork, effective communication & value diversity.

·         Support your colleagues by delivering support to service users

 

Recruitment:

·         Participate in the induction and orientation of staff.

·         Fostering a safe and secure environment within which staff may develop.

·         Act as an advocate and buddy for new staff, supporting them to settle into their role.

 

Business Development:

·         Attend team meetings and training events.

·         Make recommendations for changes and improvements

·         Comply with standards set by the company and your line manager.

·         Comply with regular supervision and appraisal arrangements.

·         Collaborate and incorporate ideas and suggestions made by colleagues.

·         Ensure your line manager is aware of all relevant service delivery developments.

 

Care Delivery:

·         Liaise with others to ensure effective levels of care.

·         Maintain staff rotas, staff files and service users’ records

·         Maintain confidential files and prepare reports as required.

·         Advocate for service users, assisting them to access other resources.

·         Provide individual care and support to people in their own homes, including:

·         Personal hygiene, dressing, catheter care, stoma care, peg feeding,

·         Assistance with meal provision, eating, washing, continence management,

·         Administering prescribed medication, oral health care and moving and assisting.

·         Help with forging/maintaining community links.

·         Organise time and resources reflecting the individual needs of service users.

·         Promote equality, acknowledge individual differences and uphold peoples’ rights

 

Administrative:

·         You will be expected to attend all training as required

·         Ensure others are not at risk and attend work reliably and punctually.

·         Your work will include early mornings, evenings, weekends and bank holidays

·         You will be expected to achieve skills and qualifications appropriate to your role.

·         Keep up to date with policies and procedures as well as relevant legislation

Other:

·         Develop and maintain positive working relationships

·         To be an effective ambassador in all activities

·         To undertake any other duties as designated by line management.

·         To have a registration and qualification with SSSC or other registered body

 

 

 

Personal Specification

Skills:

·         To be able to adapt to changing priorities.

·         Ability to plan and organise your workload effectively.

·         Communicate effectively in both written and oral English.

 

Knowledge:

·         An ability to learn new skills and knowledge.

·         A minimum of SVQ 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

·         To undertake training which supports the needs of the company.

·         To share and support others to develop their skills and knowledge.

·         An ability to independently develop your own skills and knowledge.

 

Experience:

Experience providing support within a busy environment

 

Values:

·         Show flexibility in work

·         Have regard for others and own Wellbeing

·         Personal Accountability and Responsibility

·         Responsive to an individual’s care and support

·         To promote inclusion, compassion, dignity & respect

·         To be able to work a variety of hours and days to suit the needs of others