Senior Carer

Role Details

Job Title: Senior Carer

Reports to: Deputy Manager

• To provide leadership to the care staff within the service

• To provide care in accordance with current best practices,

Job Overview: (Note according to policy and procedures, agreed standards, legislative

- In addition to these requirements and relevant regulations, under the direction of the

functions,

Manager

employees are

required to carry out • To supervise the care services within the organisation in

such duties as may

accordance with agreed standards

reasonably be

required) • To maintain skills at a current level, and undertake such training

and development as may, from time-to-time, be required to

maintain practices as up to date

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

Location:

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

Working Hours: 5 days over a 7-day period, as agreed with the Manager.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job

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

• Ensure service users are at the heart of the care delivery and their wishes and preferences enhance their wellbeing

Role-specific Duties:

• To supervise staff and ensure that all staff contribute to the efficient running of the service

• Be responsible for promoting and protecting the welfare of those individuals supported by the service

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Values-Based Job Description and Person Specification

Senior C arer

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• Develop effective working relationships with other employees within the service

Working with

Others: • Work in cooperation with members of multidisciplinary teams to maximise opportunities for service users

Other duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any (or all) of the items in the following list:

Other Duties:

• Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth

Personal and • Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by

Professional

Development:

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Person Specification

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Specific Requirement for Qualifications Essential Desirable

Good English - written and verbal

Vocational qualification level 3 Health and Social Care

Supervisory or management qualification

Specific Requirement for Skills Essential Desirable

Proficient Written Skills

Maintain all care plans/care records in accordance with the service’s policy and audit care records following company policy to ensure compliance

Leadership Skills

Ability to induct and orientate new employees to the job role and service

Organise and plan supervision and appraisals for care staff

Provide and oversee staff providing people with support/assistance as they accomplish daily tasks, including bathing, eating, dressing, grooming and using the bathroom

Dispense medication following the service’s policies and procedures

Communicate any problems, concerns or changes to service users’ family members as needed

Communication Skills

Senior Carers need to build rapport with service users by establishing personal connections and showing interest in their lives

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the multidisciplinary team, with service users and their families/friends whilst recognising people’s needs for alternative methods of communication, and respond accordingly

To greet visitors and show prospective service users and families the facilities as required

Problem-solving Skills

Senior 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

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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 supervisory role

Experience of working with service users, in particular, those that may have additional support needs

Knowledge of rota planning ensuring adequate staff on duty with correct skill mix and fair allocation of off duty/annual leave

Specific Requirement for Immunisations/Vaccinations Essential Desirable

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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

• Treating people with kindness

• Understanding the importance of empathy in all areas of

Compassion employment

• Understanding the values of others and always providing a

caring service

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

• Understanding of wellbeing and what is important to people

using the service

Improving Lives

• Improving outcomes for people

• Ensuring appropriate services are provided for people using

the services

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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

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