SUPPORT WORKER
Salary: £12.85 per hour
Excellent benefits: Enhanced holiday & sick pay, free on-site parking, healthcare cash back scheme, free on-site gym, free meals on duty, excellent progression.
Overview: Our residents are at the heart of everything we do at the Meath Epilepsy Charity. With person-centred planning, we ensure that everyone remains focused on achieving their goals and maintaining their independence as much as possible.
This role is for 30 to 40 hours per week, with shifts to include every other weekend.
Job Purpose: To assist in the personal, rehabilitative, and social care of residents.
Key Responsibilities Include:
1. To provide direct care provision for all aspects of the individual resident's assessed needs in line with their care plan.
2. Follow all Policies and Procedures.
3. Assist individual residents, where needed, with personal care.
4. Administer and store prescribed medication in line with legislation.
5. Assist individual residents with their mobility, where appropriate.
6. Help individual residents, where needed, to feed themselves.
7. Oversee and assist in the serving and preparation of meals and drinks.
8. Ensure that each resident receives a well-balanced diet.
9. Communicate and convey relevant information about the residents to team members, ensuring that the individual plan of care is regularly updated and appropriate care is given, paying attention to any changes observed in the resident's physical, medical, or psychological condition.
10. Report immediately to the senior staff in charge any accident or untoward incident that may occur to a resident, member of staff, or visitor.
11. Be aware of the steps to take in line with Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policies should an allegation of abuse be witnessed or made.
12. Follow procedures for handling medication, including asking a senior member of staff to administer any drug prescribed “as required,” which may include analgesics, laxatives, and diazepam.
13. Attend 1:1 supervision meetings with your line manager every six weeks.
14. Follow any reasonable instruction given by your line manager or senior manager as required.
15. Perform any other reasonable tasks that may be required.
16. Be conversant with and implement Meath policies and procedures.
The duties and responsibilities outlined above do not represent a full list of the tasks the post holder will be expected to perform. Other tasks may be required for the proper performance of the job.
Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications for this role:
* Ability to communicate with the general public, trustees, professional bodies, and all other parties on behalf of The Meath, both written and verbal.
* Excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel, and other operating systems.
Essential:
* Take responsibility and work well independently as well as part of a team.
* Be flexible, reliable, and punctual.
* Willingness to attend and participate in relevant training to ensure that high operational and safety standards are maintained at all times.
* Maintain a high degree of confidentiality regarding all at the Meath.
Desirable:
* Be aware of CQC requirements.
* Hold a relevant Health and Social Care Qualification or be willing to work towards a qualification.
Inclusivity & Diversity: We recognize that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity, and identity to work. We encourage people from all backgrounds to be part of our charity in supporting our inspirational residents. #J-18808-Ljbffr