JOB TITLE: Senior Care Assistant
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Management Team
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. To ensure that appropriate individual care is given to each resident, in accordance with the Care Plans.
2. To help residents with problems of mobility and other physical disabilities (e.g. incontinence), helping with the use of disability aids and caring for the same, where appropriate.
3. To help with the organisation of social activities, and to participate in them to help promote residents’ esteem and physical and mental well-being. To accompany residents on community visits where required and as duty rotas permit.
4. To monitor residents' nutritional and dietary requirements
5. To help with the setting up of the dining room / meal trays in readiness for meal-times.
6. To help serve food, assisting residents with eating and drinking as required. To prepare light meals and snacks if required, liaising with kitchen staff as necessary.
7. To help clear up the dining room after meals, ensuring all dirty cutlery, crockery and utensils are returned to the kitchen.
8. To help make and change beds, and assist with light domestic duties such as tidying rooms, dusting, polishing, cleaning windows (internal surfaces) and emptying commodes as may be required.
9. To care for residents who may be temporarily sick or needing special care procedures.
10. To monitor residents' conditions, and report any changes to appropriate health professionals and to the Manager as necessary.
11. To assist in the administration, control and storage of medicines. To monitor and record medicine refrigerator temperatures, and report any adverse temperature variances which may affect the efficacy of medication stored within to the Senior Care Staff.
12. To monitor the performance of Care Assistants, ensuring that all tasks are satisfactorily completed.
13. To help maintain a safe and healthy environment in the Home with due regard to appropriate Food Hygiene and Health & Safety Regulations. To report all accidents to Senior Care Staff.
14. To read and write reports, and to participate in staff and residents' meetings as appropriate.
15. To participate in training activities / course, as directed by senior staff.
16. To assist with End-of-Life Care for residents who are terminally ill.
17. To ensure keyworker / Carer responsibilities are fulfilled on a daily basis.
18. To review and update care plans on a monthly basis for those whom you are allocated
19. To be available to cover the on-call Rota on weekends and when the manager is not available at the Home, this may be in the incase of Annual leave or sickness as
required.
20 To undertake other duties, as necessary.
Pay: £13.19 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
