Pay: £9.50 per hour plus mileage
Responsible to: Registered Manager
Main Duties and Responsibilities.
Moving Service Users
Support service users being moved:
- Support service users as they change from one place of care to another.
- Enable service users to become familiar with different care situations.
- Enable service users to transfer around the home
Contribute to the movement and treatment of service users to
maximise their physical comfort:
- Prepare service users and environment for moving and lifting.
- Assist service users to move from one position to another.
- Assist service users to prevent and minimise adverse effects of pressure.
Service User Care:
Enable Service User to maintain their personal and hygiene
appearance:
- Enable service users to maintain personal cleanliness.
- Support service users in personal grooming and dressing.
Enable Service Users to eat and drink:
- Enable service users to choose appropriate food and drink.
- Enable service users to prepare for eating and drinking.
- Assist service users with eating and drinking.
Enable Service Users to access and use toilet facilities:
- Enable service users to access toilet facilities.
- Assist service users to use toilet facilities
Enable Service User to achieve physical comfort:
- Assist in minimising service users discomfort and pain.
- Assist in providing conditions to meet service users need for rest.
Enable Service Users to maintain and improve their mobility:
- Enable service users to exercise.
- Assist the service user to use mobility appliances.
Prepare Service User beds:
- Clean and make beds
Assist with basic life support:
- Perform CPR (First Aid qualified)
- Provide basic First Aid.
Service User Well Being:
Promote equality for all individuals:
- Promote anti-discriminatory practice.
- Maintain the confidentiality of information.
- Promote and support individual rights and choice within service delivery.
- Acknowledge individuals’ personal beliefs and identity.
- Support individuals through effective communication.
Contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse:
- Contribute to minimising the level of abuse in a care environment.
- Minimise the negative effects of disruptive or abusive behaviour.
- Contribute to monitoring individuals who are at risk from abuse.
Contribute to the ongoing support of service users, relatives and carers:
- Enable service users to maintain their interests, identity and emotional
wellbeing. - Enable service users to maintain contact with family and friends.
- Support members of the service users family during visits.
- Enable the family and friends of the service user to support the service user
Contribute to the health, safety and security of individuals and their
environment:
- Contribute to the promotion of service users’ health.
- Contribute to maintaining the safety and security of service users and their
belongings. - Contribute to maintaining the safety and security of the service users
Environment. - Maintain personal standards of health, safety and security.
- Respond in the event of a health emergency
Cleaning and Tidying:
Contribute to the cleaning of surfaces:
- Carry out simple cleaning and tidying tasks in the homes
Teamwork
Contribute to the development of self and team:
- Contribute to personal performance review with the manager or supervisor.
- Contribute to team meetings.
- Contribute suggestions to improve the service
Establish and maintain relationships with colleagues:
- find out about the roles of colleagues.
- support colleagues in carrying out their work.
Training and development:
- Participate in training and development programmes
- Actively self-motivate and engage in training.