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Care Assistant - Swindon Council – Residential Care Home

Salary: £14.50 Per Hour
Hours: Full-Time or Part-Time Available
Working Schedule: Across 7 Day Rota Flexible
Contract Length: 7 Month Contract
Location: SN25 1RY - Swindon

Job Details

Role Purpose:
The care assistant will provide practical, emotional, and Physical support for up to 39 people in the care home.

The aim being to meet the needs of older people, for them to maintain skills in order to maximise their independence and maintain a high quality of life.

The care assistant may be asked to work with other groups of service users at the discretion of the Manager.

Role Accountabilities:

To be available to work within a flexible rota during days, weekends and bank holidays, to cover the needs of the service users.

To encourage and enable service users to develop and maintain skills to maximise independent living within a care home setting.

To assist service users with personal care as directed by their care plan and with nutritional intake as directed by their care plan.

As appropriate and in consultation with the Manager or senior staff, address issues of concern on behalf of the service user.

Maintain accurate and up to date records of work with service users, including report writing of occurrences and reporting any accidents or incidents that occur.

Attend training courses to improve and broaden knowledge and skills base and to keep up to date with current issues.

To work and adhere to the principles of our policies and procedures for example confidentiality, data protection act, together with national guidance and policies for supporting and valuing people.

To participate in regular building checks throughout the day/night for the safety of service users. Family, friends and staff team.

To provide emotional support for sick and dying service users in conjunction with family, friends and staff team.

To participate in moving and handling training and use equipment such as transfer boards, slide sheets, turntables and hoist as set down in service users care plans.

To be aware and comply with Health and safety, Manual handling, COSSH Food Hygiene Fire, First aid, and accident. Incident policies as set down by the organisation.

To assist the domestic staff in cleaning service users bedrooms, i.e. bed making cleaning of commodes and serving of meals when required. Or any other domestic task as required by the Manager

Knowledge and Experience

Experience of caring for older people

Experience of working in the community or care home on a one to one basis with service users.

Knowledge of the issues affecting vulnerable people.

Knowledge of Anti discriminatory practice.

Understanding of health and safety manual handling issues.

Understanding of the need to keep within professional boundaries

Please can you confirm if you have a Enhanced DBS on the updated Service, or would require one being put in process.

If you to wish to discuss this position further, please send over an up-to-date CV and give me a call on (phone number removed)