Carer

Role Details

Job Title: Carer

Reports to: Senior Carer/Nurse

• To provide care in accordance with best practice and legislative

requirements, reflecting policies and procedures and agreed

Job Overview: (Note

- In addition to these

functions, standards under the direction of the Senior Carer/Nurse

employees are • To support and enable service users to maintain skills and

required to carry out personal interests while delivering person-centred care unique to

such duties as may each individual

reasonably be • To maintain skills at a current level and undertake such training

required) and development as required, from time-to-time, to maintain and

progress knowledge

The service’s premises, but you may be required to work from other

Location: locations at the discretion of the company and with appropriate notice.

5 days over 7-day period, with varying shift patterns as agreed with

Working Hours: the manager.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job

The Carer’s responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Ensure that service users are at the heart of care delivery and their

wishes and preferences are taken into consideration to enhance

their wellbeing

• To contribute to the efficient running of the service

• Support service users to maintain their relationships and

Role-specific Duties: connections with the local community

• Ensure care plans and other information about how to support

service users are followed

• Be responsible for informing the Senior Carer/Nurse of any

changes in the needs of service users

• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of

those individuals they support

Working with Others:

• Develop effective working relationships with other employees

within the service

• Work in cooperation with members of the multidisciplinary teams

to maximise opportunities for service users

• If desired by the service user, maintain and develop relationships

with their family, friends and other people important in their life

Leading by Example:

Other duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any (or

all) of the items in the following list:

• Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth

• Be a role model for other carers and be an ambassador for the

service

• Be professional, polite and reasonable at all times

• Have a knowledge of, and work within, the Fundamental

Standards

• Understand the regulatory framework that governs the service,

including the role of the CQC and its requirements

Personal and Professional Development:

• Commit to achieving the relevant qualifications commensurate with

the role

• Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by

management

• Understand and follow all policies and procedures relevant to the

role

• Be open to learning opportunities

Person Specification

*The selections for essential and desirable have been left intentionally blank for you

to determine these.*

Specific Requirement for Qualifications Essential Desirable

Good English - written and verbal

RQF qualifications in Social Care

Specific Requirement for Skills Essential Desirable

Proficient Written Skills

Maintain all care plans/care records in accordance with the

service’s policy

Leadership Skills

Ability to induct and orientate new employees to the job role

and service

Provide service users with support/assistance as they

accomplish daily tasks, including bathing, eating, dressing,

grooming and using the bathroom

Communicate any problems, concerns or changes to

service users’ family members as needed

Communication Skills

Carers must build a rapport with service users by

establishing personal connections and showing an interest

in their lives

Carers must be able to communicate effectively with service

users

Carers must have the communication skills to inform

colleagues, management and professionals about the

needs of service users

Problem-solving Skills

Carers need to be able to adapt to and address situations

quickly

Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to

promote health and wellbeing, whilst recognising and

reporting situations where there might be a need for

protection

Specific Requirement for Skills Essential Desirable

Disposition/Personal Attributes

Specific Requirement for Previous Experience Essential Desirable

Previous experience of working in a similar environment

Previous experience of working in a similar role

Experience of working with service users, in particular,

those that may have additional support needs

Specific Requirement for Immunisations/Vaccinations Essential Desirable

Values-based Personal Qualities

Area Specific Requirement

• Involve service users, families, external agencies and

Working Together colleagues

• Speak up when things go wrong

• Understand person-centred care and can demonstrate

Respect and treating people as individuals and respecting choices

Dignity • Promoting independence and encouraging appropriate risk

taking

• Ensuring no one is discriminated against or excluded

Everybody • Understand human rights and impact on care delivery

Counts • Facilitating people to ‘speak up’ about concerns and acting

upon them

• Striving for quality in everything we do recognising and

understanding what quality in care means for people using

the services

Commitment to

• Being accepting about criticism and focusing on

Quality of Care improvement

• Being open to new opportunities for learning and identifying

the limits of skills and knowledge

Compassion

• Treating people with kindness

• Understanding the importance of empathy in all areas of

employment

• Understanding the values of others and always providing a

caring service

Improving Lives

• Focus on how things could be done better and sharing ideas

• Understanding of wellbeing and what is important to people

using the service

• Improving outcomes for people

• Ensuring appropriate services are provided for people using

the services

Company Values

At [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Group, we are dedicated to maintaining our resident’s quality of life,

whether this is low-level day-to-day support or specialist Dementia care.

We feel strongly that our residents should have the freedom to make decisions about their

own care, and we work with them and their families to create a truly resident-centered care

plan that ensure that every aspect of their need is being met. And since things can change

over time, we’ll review this regularly with everyone involved to ensure that the care we offer

always fulfils what’s required to keep them safe, healthy and happy.

We have 5 core values that we follow here at [Employer hidden] these are:

• We Care

• We Protect

• We Encourage

• We Accommodate

• We Understand