Overview
1. Enable people to live fulfilling and valued lives by offering them individually tailored support based on ‘ordinary living’ principles.
2. Ensure that an individual's emotional, spiritual, material, physical and health needs are recognised, assessed and met through team and partnership working.
3. Take responsibility for the day to day running of the house, work under the guidance of the Team Leader and in accordance with the statutory and regulatory requirements and the organisation’s Policies and Procedures.
4. Ensure a high-quality service that reflects and works within the Community’s ethos and values.
Duties
Supporting People
- Provide individualised care and support in accordance with the needs and preferences of the individual in a safe and compassionate way. Ensure effectiveness of care and support provision by working to individual support, care and management plans.
- Engage in specialist care provision such as catheter care, speech therapy, diabetes management, communication needs and mobility needs.
- Empower residents to make decisions based upon informed choice, and recognise and respect the individual’s right to exercise choice in the delivery of their care and support.
- Facilitate individuals to raise concerns or make complaints.
- Understand, recognise, respond and report safeguarding issues in compliance with the organisation’s Safeguarding Policies and Procedures.
- Promote and implement positive behaviour support strategies in accordance with management plans.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times and uphold the General Data Protection Regulations.
- Support and assist individuals to attend to their personal care needs whilst respecting their dignity and promoting independence.
- Support individuals to understand their tenancy agreements and enable them to live in houses which are safe, clean, aesthetically pleasing and well maintained, by giving the necessary support and assisting them in reporting repairs.
- Work with individuals to engage in everyday household chores such as cooking and meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, etc. and to ensure all household tasks are carried out to a high standard.
- Develop a general sense of responsibility for the wellbeing and running of the whole house and report any problems to the Team Leader.
- Have an active responsibility in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of Person-centred Support and Care Plans in order to address identified needs.
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with residents, day attenders, other staff, residents’ family members, and other key stakeholders.
- Enable people to access good health care by organising appointments and supporting them to attend appointments and to get the help they need from relevant health and social care disciplines.
- Organise and facilitate people to attend social, leisure, educational and sporting activities of their choice and support individuals to plan for short breaks / holidays if wished.
- Encourage and lead exercise ensuring all individuals engage in healthy physical activity daily.
- Take initiative in promoting cultural and social activities within the house.
- Assist individuals as appropriate in the administration of medication in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.
- Support individuals to go shopping for personal items and assist them in the management of their personal finances in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.
Administrative, Systems and Team Responsibilities:
- Take responsibility as shift leader offering guidance, support and direction to other staff and volunteer coworkers as required.
- Work within a team to promote a safe working and living environment.
- Take responsibility for the induction of new staff, offering mentorship and guidance in regard to their new role.
- Take responsibility for medication management including ordering, storing, auditing and returning medication and associated record keeping in line with the organisation’s policies and procedures.
- Take responsibility for the day to day safeguarding and management of residents’ finances and valuables and associated record keeping in line with the organisation’s policies and procedures.
- Keep accurate records, carrying out all recording and reporting in a legible, objective and factual manner with due regard for confidentiality.
Cultural, Social and Home-life Management
- Ensure that the house is clean and tidy at all times. Supervise cleaning staff to ensure thorough, efficient cleaning. Make the shared spaces attractive by use of colour, flowers, plants, pictures, etc.
- Initiate cultural and social events within the house eg birthday parties, story reading, board games, hobbies, drawing, painting, crafts, music and singing.
- Celebrate weekly (eg Sunday) and seasonal festivals within the house through decorations, reading verses and texts, promoting singing.
- Familiarise yourself with the history and ethos of Camphill through reading and also attending training and events on this theme.
- Encourage and ensure individuals’ daily physical exercise eg walking, cycling, games.
- Participate with residents in cultural and social community events.
- Be aware of the weekly timetable so the residents can participate in events and share all relevant information with them.
- Offer help and support to other houses if needed.
- Promote and maintain environmental standards and sustainability eg efficient use of resources, not wasting food or energy, promoting recycling.
- Ensure the meals are of a high quality of nutrition, presentation and enjoyment eg five daily portions of fruit/vegetables, sufficient protein, organic/biodynamic produce is used where possible, reduce sugar and highly processed food, ensure special diets are catered for.
- Oversee the area outside the house to ensure it is swept, tidy and weeded. Report damage and breakages.
- Ensure residents’ clothes are clean, ironed and appropriate to weather and situation.
- If necessary teach cooks how to cook simple basic meals including meat, fresh vegetables and carbohydrates.
Requirements of the Role:
- Work within the ethos and values of the organisation.
- Work to a high standard and in a safe manner in accordance with the statutory and regulatory requirements and the organisation’s Policies and Procedures
- Attend and participate in team meetings and staff review process such as supervision and appraisal.
- Adhere to NISCC Standards of Conduct and Practice and keep registration up to date.
- Participate in both mandatory and further professional development training.
- Be able to work a flexible rota which will include weekends, unsocial hours and night duty.
Qualifications
Essential
RQF level 2 in Health and Social Care.
Two years’ experience in a social/health care setting.
A good level of written and verbal communication and reasoning skills.
Computer skills.
Ability to use initiative.
Ability to organise and prioritise.
Calm and level-headed.
Patient and tolerant.
Approachable and understanding.
Respectful.
Flexibility to be part of a rota of staff support, working unsocial hours, nights and weekends.
Candidates must respect the ethos of Camphill Community Clanabogan and work within its values.
Desirable
RQF (or equivalent) level 3 in Health and Social Care or allied professional qualification.
Leadership and supervisory skills.
Full clean driver’s licence.
Pay: £14.04 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Paid training
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
