Overview. Please note *We can not offer sponsorship*
ROLE SUMMARY
Looking for Evening Care workers who drive. 2.00pm-6.30pm plus every other weekend
Part time hours.
Home Care Workers work to promote service users to remain independent in their own homes.
Our Home Care Workers deliver care in the home and other venues, we provide a reliable, personal service which always meets the individual personal needs of the service user.
Duties and tasks will include the provision of personal, social, and enabling care and support to service users within their own home and in the community.
Must be a driver with use of a car.
JOB SPECIFICATION
To deliver high quality care to Service Users and their families
- To provide the highest quality care to service users in their own homes in accordance with their Care Plan, in a person-centred approach.
- The range of tasks that the Home Care Worker may be required to undertake covers personal care, domestic/practical tasks, and enabling and support work:
- Personal care includes washing, dressing, bathing, toileting, and medication monitoring and/or assistance.
- Social duties include preparing and cooking meals, essential cleaning, shopping, bill payment & maintaining contact with family/friends.
- Enabling and support may include such activities as supervising, monitoring, and coaching to empower service users to be as independent as possible and have control over their own lives. Home Care Workers may also be required to escort or accompany service users to outings, appointments, or other events.
- To be aware of the personal needs and requirements of your service users, communicating successfully, not only with your service user, their family, friends, and other healthcare professionals.
- Ensure that all care is completed within Tender Loving Care At Home’s Policies and Procedures, CQC Fundamental Standards and all contractual and legislative requirements.
- Any other duties that may be necessary to comply with the demands of CQC or other legislative bodies.
- Maintain appropriate records to meet the needs of the service, observing and promptly reporting back any changes or concerns in your service user’s circumstances or condition.
- Contribute to and work effectively as part of a team.
- Deliver support in a manner which is sensitive to the service user’s culture, disability, race, age, sexuality, marital or civil partnership status, transgender status, or religion/belief.
- Engage and work closely with unpaid carers, such as family or friends, for the benefit of the service user.
- Promote anti-discriminatory practice.
- Protect the confidentiality of service users and of Tender Loving Care At Home .
- Promote the dignity and privacy of service users.
- Act promptly and appropriately to protect service users from neglect or abuse.
- Participate in staff development (including supervision), training and performance appraisals as required.
- At all times present a professional and caring image of Tender Loving Care At Home and demonstrate behaviour’s reflective of Tender Loving Care At Homes values.
- Any other duties as delegated by your line managers.
Additional responsibilities
Health and Safety
As an employee of Tender Loving Care At Home , the post holder has a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, to:
- Take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and all other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.
- Co-operate with their employer to ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation and the Health and Safety policies and procedures, not intentionally or recklessly interfere with, or misuse, anything provided in the interests of health, safety, or welfare, in pursuance of any of the relevant statutory provisions.
Data Protection
The post holder must always respect the confidentiality of information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. This includes, if required to do so, obtain, process and/or use information held on a computer in a fair and lawful way, to hold data only for the specified registered purposes and to use or disclose data only to authorised persons or organisations as instructed.
Please note: this job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification. This is not a contractual document.
Please note we do not offer sponsorships.
Pay: £12.71 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
