Main duties of the job
You will encourage and support service users in their day-to-day lives, enabling them to live more fulfilling lives whilst helping them remain in their own home by providing high-quality person-centred care. You will be responsible for a wide range of care needs or supporting the service user, taking into account their individual personality and lifestyle choices.
You will be kind, caring and compassionate and be passionate about making a difference to the quality of life for our service users.
Duties include:
Providing high quality person centred care to service users in their own homes in accordance with their support plan
Providing personal care duties such as washing, dressing, bathing, toileting and medication monitoring and/or assistance with these activities.
Administering medications
Shopping and meal preparation support
Supporting with domestic, daily living tasks including cleaning
Helping service users to access the community, socialise and undertake leisure activities
Manual handling, using equipment where required
Promoting service users health and wellbeing, independence and enabling them to live their life to the fullest
Being flexible to work a range of shift patterns including alternate weekends
Maintaining appropriate records to meet the needs of the service, observing and promptly reporting changes or concerns in your service user's circumstances or condition