Personal Care Assistant

Personal Care Assistant Deal, England

Q Leaf Care Limited
Full Time Deal, England 10 - 11.5 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description

Role Details

Job Title:

Carer

Reports to:

Senior Carer/Registered Manager/HR Manager

Job Overview: (Note - In addition to these functions, employees are required to carry out such duties as may reasonably be required)

  • To provide care in accordance with best practice and legislative requirements, reflecting policies and procedures and agreed standards under the direction of the Senior Carer/Nurse
  • To support and enable service users to maintain skills and personal interests while delivering person-centred care unique to each individual
  • To maintain skills at a current level and undertake such training and development as required, from time-to-time, to maintain and progress knowledge

Location:

The Clients home, but you may be required to work from other locations at the discretion of the company and with appropriate notice.

Working Hours:

Varying shift patterns as agreed with the manager.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job

Role-specific Duties:

The Carer’s responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

  • Ensure that service users are at the heart of care delivery and their wishes and preferences are taken into consideration to enhance their wellbeing
  • To contribute to the efficient running of the service
  • Support service users to maintain their relationships and connections with the local community
  • Ensure care plans and other information about how to support service users are followed
  • Be responsible for informing the Senior Care/Deputy Manager of any changes in the needs of service users
  • Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of those individuals they support

Working with Others:

  • Develop effective working relationships with other employees within the service
  • Work in cooperation with members of the multidisciplinary teams to maximise opportunities for service users
  • If desired by the service user, maintain and develop relationships with their family, friends and other people important in their life

Leading by Example:

Other duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any (or all) of the items in the following list:

  • Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth
  • Be a role model for other carers and be an ambassador for the service
  • Be professional, polite and reasonable at all times

Personal and Professional Development:

  • Have a knowledge of, and work within, the Fundamental Standards
  • Understand the regulatory framework that governs the service, including the role of the CQC and its requirements
  • Commit to achieving the relevant qualifications commensurate with the role
  • Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by management
  • Understand and follow all policies and procedures relevant to the role
  • Be open to learning opportunities

Person Specification

Specific Requirement for Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Good English - written and verbal

Y

RQF qualifications in Social Care

Y

Specific Requirement for Skills

Essential

Desirable

Proficient Written Skills

Maintain all care plans/care records in accordance with the service’s policy

Y

Leadership Skills

Ability to induct and orientate new employees to the job role and service

Y

Provide service users with support/assistance as they accomplish daily tasks, including bathing, eating, dressing, grooming and using the bathroom

Y

Communicate any problems, concerns or changes to service users’ family members as needed

Y

Communication Skills

Carers must build a rapport with service users by establishing personal connections and showing an interest in their lives

Y

Carers must be able to communicate effectively with service users

Y

Carers must have the communication skills to inform colleagues, management and professionals about the needs of service users

Y

Problem-solving Skills

Carers need to be able to adapt to and address situations quickly

Y

Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and wellbeing, whilst recognising and reporting situations where there might be a need for protection

Y

Specific Requirement for Previous Experience

Essential

Desirable

Previous experience of working in a similar environment

Y

Previous experience of working in a similar role

Y

Experience of working with service users, in particular, those that may have additional support needs

Y

Specific Requirement for Immunisations/Vaccinations

Essential

Desirable

COVID19 VACCINATION

Y

Values-based Personal Qualities

Area

Specific Requirement

Working Together

  • Involve service users, families, external agencies and colleagues
  • Speak up when things go wrong

Respect and Dignity

  • Understand person-centred care and can demonstrate treating people as individuals and respecting choices
  • Promoting independence and encouraging appropriate risk taking

Everybody Counts

  • Ensuring no one is discriminated against or excluded
  • Understand human rights and impact on care delivery
  • Facilitating people to ‘speak up’ about concerns and acting upon them

Commitment to Quality of Care

  • Striving for quality in everything we do recognising and understanding what quality in care means for people using the services
  • Being accepting about criticism and focusing on improvement
  • Being open to new opportunities for learning and identifying the limits of skills and knowledge

Compassion

  • Treating people with kindness
  • Understanding the importance of empathy in all areas of employment
  • Understanding the values of others and always providing a caring service

Improving Lives

  • Focus on how things could be done better and sharing ideas
  • Understanding of wellbeing and what is important to people using the service
  • Improving outcomes for people
  • Ensuring appropriate services are provided for people using the services

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £10.00-£11.50 per hour

Benefits:

  • Flexitime

Schedule:

  • 12 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability

Language:

  • English (preferred)

Shift availability:

  • Day shift (preferred)
  • Night shift (preferred)
  • Overnight shift (preferred)

Work Location: On the road

Personal Care Assistant
Q Leaf Care Limited

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