Care Assistant

Job Purpose:

- To assist the Service Manager with effectively maintaining a compliant service
- To work as part of a team providing support for vulnerable people within their own homes

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support vulnerable people within their own homes.
• Encourage and promote high standards of care practises within the service
• Promote sound, effective and professional communication throughout team, and with external agencies such as Community Care teams, G. P’s, service user’s families or advocates, etc.
• Plan, implement and participate in duty rotas in line with the requirements of the service as stated by the service manager and in the absence of the coordinator.
• Support the coordinator to cover any unallocated care calls.
• Ensure that accurate records are kept and maintained by all staff in accordance to company policy and procedures
• To participate in external training to develop one’s knowledge and working practice
• To take responsibility for good care/support practise and ensuring the safety and welfare of the Service. Users are maintained.
• Participate in the internal and external training and development.
• To work in accordance with the duty rota as determined by the manager.
• To undertake any additional duties that may be required, determined by the manager, for the efficient running of the service.
• To take responsibility to effectively and efficiently manage your time, prioritising the tasks that need to be completed.
• To take responsibility and ownership for the tasks that need achieving and ensure they are completed to the necessary and appropriate standard.

*N.B.*

This job description will be subject to change and will be done so at the discretion of the service manager and / or the directors of Care Partners Newbury Ltd.

Qualifications and Training

Essential:

• Numerate and Literate
• Full U.K. Driving Licence
• Commitment to undertake training

Desirable:

• NVQ level 2/3 in Health & Social Care or willingness toundertake

Competency – Knowledge, skills, abilities and experience

Essential:

• Good communication skills, written and oral
• Ability to cope under pressure
• Ability to liaise with others in a professional manner
• Ability to keep accurate records
• Understand and follow instructions and procedures
• Ability to cope calmly with unexpected situations
• Common Sense

Desirable:

• Experience of care work, either personal or professional
• Have knowledge and experience of running a household i.e. budgeting, paying bills, shopping in order to pass these skills on to our service users
• Other skills e.g. designing and delivering social, creative, and therapeutic activities

Work related personal requirements

Essential:

• rights, respect, dignity, independence and fulfilment
• Promote equal opportunities, inclusion and anti-discriminatory practise
• Ability to relate to service users
• Willing to work as part of a team in order to support colleagues and provide continuity for service users
• Adaptable and flexible
• Manage own workload
• Available to work in accordance to the rota – evenings, weekends, bank holidays and on call.

Desirable:

• Be aware of CQC requirements and standards.