JJOB SUMMARY :
1. To provide high quality personal, social, and emotional care for service users within Opportunity Zone setting.
2. To care for and beware of the needs of people who attend a day center and help them achieve a fulfilled, self-determined and dignified life.
3. To take part in the care planning process and provide care for individual service users to meet the objectives of agreed personal care plans.
4. To work and always provide care, promoting equality of opportunity, choice, privacy, dignity, rights independence, and fulfilment for service users.
5. To provide ongoing support to people from different background who are affected by learning difficulties, physical or sensory disability and mental illness.
6. To liaise closely with professional bodies who are involved with Opportunity Zone service users.
- Conducting service users review meeting.
- Devising group and individual service user’s activities and learning plans.
- Producing service user’s activities materials.
- Support and manage the development program for opportunity zone if required.
- Monitoring and reviewing the progress of individual service users following review reports and discussions with key workers and feedback to opportunity zone manager.
- Ensuring that statutory training requirements are met.
- Helping line manager and frontline staff to solve any problems, either on a one-to-one basis or in groups.
- Keeping up to date with developments regarding disability issues and national current legislation in training by reading relevant journals, going to meetings, and attending relevant seminars and exhibitions.
- Implementing new ideas regarding effective day-to-day record keeping by staff and service users.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
1 To welcome service users in the induction to the service using a holistic approach.
2 In conjunction with Opportunity Zone Manager to take part in the care planning process and act as a supervisor/keyworker for individual service user.
3 To support and assist service users and encourage independence and self-determination during their time at the Centre.
4 To be aware of the individual needs of service users and respond appropriately to their likes and dislikes with regards to:
- Personal Care.
- Clothing and personal belongings.
- Food and diet.
- Emotional, Social, Cultural, and religious needs
5 To provide all aspects of personal care as necessary e.g., washing, bathing, dressing, feeding and mobilizing service users. To be able to move and handle clients and equipment.
6 To assist service users to in personal care and, if needed, carry out an incontinence Programme and take responsibility for the safe disposal of incontinence waste.
7 To monitor service users practical and personal needs which may include clothing, hairdressing and health needs and liaise with other agencies as appropriate.
8 To be aware of the service users’ emotional needs, provide support in times of distress and assist in maintaining good relationships with relatives, friends, and other service users of the service.
9 To maintain a responsible approach to the service user’s personal belongings and ensure that valuables are kept in safe place.
10 To prepare and serve simple meal and beverages and assist service users who need help with eating, in providing choice, to be aware of any special dietary needs of the clients and assist with menu planning if required.
11 To clean and tidy eating areas after meals, wash up crockery and kitchen tools when necessary.
12 To organize and be prepared to accompany service users on outings which may include visits to shops, theatres etc. and activities outside and in the center and, when required, to escort service users.
13 To assist with organizing and leading activity groups for service users this may focus on educational, leisure or therapeutic themes.
14 In direct practice with service users, and during sessional work, to be able to provide a high level of professional, personal, and social care and be capable of meeting the needs of service users who have multiple disabilities and a high care of need.
15 To immediately inform the Opportunity Zone Manager of any significant change in a service users behavior pattern or appearance and give a full report when required.
16 To use IT skills in compiling reports and assist the admin staff in maintaining routine administrative system.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. To attend all meeting which relevant to the service including away from the center.
2. To be aware of quality issues including the implementation of investors in people.
3 .To receive formal supervision and appraisal from Opportunity Zone Project Manager and to attend relevant training as identified through appraisal.
4. To abide by all the organization's Policies and procedures and its code of Conduct.
5. To be aware of and implement organizational procedures on access to records, complaints procedures and confidentiality.
6 .To implement the organizations policy on valuing diversity and ensure that issues relating to equal opportunities are incorporated in the planning and monitoring of services.
7 .To ensure that all relevant aspects of health and safety regulations and organisation policies are fully implemented in carrying out risk management.
8 .To undertake any other duties and responsibilities as may be required to reflect the developing nature of the service.
9. To drive minibus/escort to pick up and drop off service users to home and the Opportunity Zone or where necessary.
Pay: £26,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Experience:
- providing care: 1 year (preferred)
- supervisory: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)
Work Location: In person
