Principal Responsibilities
1. To assist clients with all personal care needs including, undressing, washing, bathing, and toileting needs.
2. To assist clients with mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including incontinence, and help in the use and care of aids and personal equipment.
3. To support and care for clients who are dying.
4. To engage in the promotion of mental and physical well-being of clients through talking to them, taking them out, and sharing with them in activities such as reading, writing, hobbies, and recreations during support calls.
5. To make and change beds and all domestic tasks within the household as required. Where required, to assist with client’s laundry.
6. To read and write reports and take part in staff and client’s meetings and in training activities as directed.
7. To perform such other duties as may reasonably be required.
8. To always comply with the organisation’s policies and procedures, which includes the clients care plan and medication needs.
9. To report to the management any significant changes in the health or circumstances of clients.
10. To encourage clients to remain as independent as possible.
11. All staff are required to attend mandatory training where appropriate.
12. To enable and assist clients to maintain on a day-to-day basis as much autonomy and independence as possible.
13. To support and assist clients in identifying risks and recording the support plan which minimizes and manages the identified risk
14. Identify and support appropriately clients with the capacity and those who lack capacity.
15. Update and continually improve practice by a mutually agreed method which may include attendance at staff meetings, learning support briefings, and one-to-one supervision.
16. Take responsibility in conjunction with the line manager for identifying further learning.
17. Be aware of requirements regarding codes of practice and relevant codes of conduct where appropriate issued by professional bodies.
18. Understand the requirement of the Fundamental Standard Regulations 9 – 20, in relation to the Care Quality Commission Inspect regime and its importance to your workplace practice.
19. Promote good practice and be vigilant in recognising and reporting practice which does not meet the defined standard.
20. To assist and contribute to any regulatory body inspection or monitoring visit.
21. To act always, to safeguard service users from any form of abuse and to report such concerns immediately.
Pay: From £13.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
