Care Assistant Plas Hedd

Care Assistant Plas Hedd Bangor, Northern Ireland

Gwynedd Council
Full Time Bangor, Northern Ireland 19678 - 20043 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Job title:
Care Assistant Plas Hedd
Directorate:
Adults, Health and Well-being
Service:
Provider Services
Closing date:
11/05/2023 10:00
Job type/Hours:
Permanent | 35 Hour
Salary:
£19,678 - £20,043 a year
Pay Scale:
GS3
Location(s):
Cartref Plas Hedd, Bangor

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this [Information Pack] (https://www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Council/Jobs/Working-for-us.aspx)

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.

(Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)

For further information about this post please contact Carys Owen, Manager on 01248 351827

Interview date to be confirmed.

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH Tel: 01286 679076 E-Mail: [email protected]

To apply for the job click on this link https://diogel.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/SwyddiArLeinDogfennau/cy/Ffurflen%20Gais%20-%20Cartrefi%20Holiadur%20monitro%202022.pdf

You will need to ensure that you have downloaded ‘Adobe Reader DC’ in order to complete an application form.

CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, THURSDAY,

11/05/2023

The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.

If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.

Pecyn Recriwtio Oedolion (S).pdf

Personal attributes

Essential

To be committed and sensitive with the ability to work in a manner which shows respect for the individual’s rights at all times.

To be able to work as part of a team

Desirable

Qualifications and relevant training

Essential

Desirable

N.V.Q in Care

Training in Health and Safety e.g. moving and handling or first aid

Relevant experience

Essential

Desirable

Experience of caring or involvement with the elderly

Experience of domestic work

Skills and specialist knowledge

Essential

Good interpersonal skills

Good communications skills

Understanding the needs of the elderly

Desirable

Language requirements

Essential

Listening and Speaking - Intermediate Level

Able to maintain a fluent conversation on a number of various everyday subjects, and discuss cases involving the field of work.Able to follow a discussion in Welsh, in Clear Welsh, on familiar matters relating to the post. Able to contribute to the conversation and answer questions.

Reading and Understanding - Intermediate Level

Understand everyday correspondence on familiar issues at work.Understand longer reports in Clear Welsh and be able to pick up the main points. (help may be required with the vocabulary).

Writing - Intermediate Level

Able to write letters for a specific purpose, e-mails and short reports in Welsh and English, using vocabulary and simple phrases that are familiar to the field of work. (They will need to be checked before being sent out).


Purpose of the post

  • Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
  • To ensure that the physical and emotional welfare of the users are met by operating individual User Plans. To ensure that a comfortable and clean environment is maintained in the home. This will all be done by following the Council’s guidelines and policies

Responsibility for functions

  • To respect and use all equipment and apparatus in the home appropriately. To notify the manager or the person with responsibility for the home at the time as soon as possible of any deficiencies in any equipment, or utilities (water, electricity, gas etc.). To ensure appropriate management of user’s property e.g. medicine and cash.

Main duties

  • To ensure that the dignity and independence of the service users are respected through good care practices and in accordance with the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Older People.
  • To be sensitive to the need to respect the rights of individuals at all times.
  • To maintain confidentiality on all aspects of the home’s activities.
  • To be part of the process to plan, prepare, implement and review the individual user’s plan.
  • To act as a key worker for a specified number of service users and attend review meetings and case conferences of those users and contributing written and oral reports.
  • To undertake cleaning and laundry duties.
  • To prepare meals and drinks as required and serve the meals.
  • To undertake the task of receiving and distributing medicine in accordance with the Council’s policy.
  • To attend training courses and NVQ Level 2 particularly to ensure a consistent awareness of care issues.
  • To register with the Care Council in accordance with national guidelines.
  • Responsibility for self-development.
  • Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
  • Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
  • Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
  • Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
  • Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
  • Responsibility to report any worry or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused

Special circumstances

  • The need to work unsociable hours

Care Assistant Plas Hedd
Gwynedd Council

www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru
Caernarfon, United Kingdom
Dilwyn Williams
Less than $1 million (USD)
1 to 50 Employees
Unknown
Regional Agencies
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