Care Worker - Job Description
Line management/report to: Registered Manager / Care Manager /Team Leader
You will be working in an environment which offers a high level of care & support taking care of vulnerable adults in their own homes. You will facilitate their comfort & wellbeing and actively promote independence.
Tasks and Responsibilities
• To visit service users in their homes, times directed by the Care Coordination Team
• To assist Service Users with:
• Getting up and going to bed
• Dressing and undressing
• Getting to and using the toilet
• Washing and bathing (body and hair)
• (Food preparation) Preparing and serving meals and drinks including assistance with
heating food, eating and drinking
• Assisting with personal laundry (including laundry soiled through incontinence);
• Housework including cleaning high risk areas such as kitchens and bathrooms;
• Shopping.
• Medication management
• To attend training and supervisions in line with company policy
• All other tasks deemed necessary
Overall, Purpose of the Job
• To enable and / or to assist individuals to remain in the community, supported and
maintained safely in their own homes in a person-centred way
• Encourage your service user’s individuality and independence by helping him or her to maintain relationships and familiar activities, social contact and surroundings, especially for service users who live alone
• Assisting other support workers and professionals to provide care for your service user.
• Be the face of ‘Care in the Community’ and acting as our representative.
• Ensure all paperwork is prepared to ensure CQC compliance and Policy & Procedures are followed at all times, consider the following:
• Be particularly vigilant for signs of distress or anxiety in service users: any deterioration in physical and/ or mental health, or safety of the environment, and to report these as a matter of urgency to your Team Leader or Care Manager.
• Carry out all tasks in a way that demonstrates respect for the privacy, dignity and values of all users, irrespective of severity or disability or personal circumstances.
• Summon appropriate assistance in an emergency.
• Support and enhance the independence of service users, as specified in their Personal Care (only where specified on the support plan and subject to appropriate review):
• Assist service users to access toileting facilities, emptying commodes and disposal of incontinence materials, using agreed health and safety procedures.
• Develop and maintain personal contact with the service user through talking and
listening.
• Provide support as part of a caring team, liaising with informal carers, other agencies or professionals where necessary.
• Collaborate with other agencies
• Assist the management to maintain good relationships with other personnel involved in the care of the service user i.e. Community Nurses, social workers P’s etc. as part of a caring team.
• Maintain accurate and legible records.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Advise service users of the complaint’s procedure (where appropriate).
• Participate in all training, mandatory courses and study days as directed by your line manager
• Comply with legal requirements relating to care standards, safeguarding and health, safety and welfare, and clients’ data protection.
• Participate in meetings as appropriate and attend supervisions and appraisals.
• Adhere to Equal Opportunities and Anti Discriminatory Policies and Procedures in
relation to in relation to both service provision and conduct with colleagues.