Job Title: Care Assistant
Responsible to: Senior Care Assistant
Core Responsibilities
1. Supporting residents with personal care tasks such as washing, bathing, showering, dressing, and using the toilet. Ensuring that people’s rights to dignity and privacy are respected at all times.
2. Promoting health and well-being of residents by encouraging a healthy diet and regular exercise, and liaising with other professionals to support medical needs.
3. Helping residents with mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including incontinence, and assisting in the use of and care for aids and personal equipment.
4. Supporting service users to attend appointments with doctors, dentists, physiotherapists, and other professionals.
5. Distributing daily menus, collecting residents’ orders, and notifying the Cook.
6. Answering call bells/alarms and assisting residents with their requests.
7. Promoting mental and physical activities for residents through conversation, community outings, and encouraging participation in group activities.
8. Setting up dining room areas for mealtimes, arranging trays, serving meals, feeding residents who need assistance, preparing light meals and drinks in the evening, and washing up, tidying, and clearing the dining room.
9. Understanding how people communicate and encouraging appropriate communication. Showing respect for an individual’s age, gender, ethnic origin, religious and cultural background, encouraging choice and enabling empowerment.
10. Ensuring all documents are completed as identified within the records policy, and that these are completed to a high standard, neat, accurate, and up to date.
11. Helping maintain a healthy and safe environment in the home and reporting all maintenance issues to the senior care staff on duty.
12. Following local safeguarding procedures to prevent, report, and record any type of abuse.
13. Supporting the team to develop person-centred care plans, involving families and other professionals.
14. Completing in-house, face-to-face training and e-learning training, and any other training identified by your manager, including attending courses at different venues.
15. Working within health and safety guidelines and participating in regular manual handling training.
16. Following company policies and procedures and acting in a professional manner at all times.
17. Maintaining a smart and professional personal appearance, upholding the standards of the home.
This job description is not exhaustive, and management can consult with you regarding additional duties.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Confidentiality is of vital importance in the normal course of duty. The post holder will have access to confidential information relating to service users. Such information must not be communicated to anyone unless prior permission has been given. Refer to our Confidentiality policy for further information.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
To operate within the home’s health and safety policy.
The duties and requirements in this job description are not exhaustive and amendments and additions may be required in line with future policy changes.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: From £11.44 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 20 per week
Benefits:
* Company pension
Schedule:
* 10 hour shift
* Holidays
* Monday to Friday
* Night shift
* Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Brierley Hill, DY5 1LB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
* Care: 2 years (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Night Care Assistant
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