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Job Description
Role: Home Care Assistant
Contract: Full Time & Permanent
Hours: 39 hours per week
Pay: 14.80 per hour
Role Purpose: Responsible for providing appropriate household and personal care tasks for an individual who has a physical/intellectual disability. This will include assisting with all day-to-day tasks including personal care, food preparation, physical exercise, general house cleaning and any other activity of daily living upon request. Care will be provided mostly in a domiciliary setting and will therefore involve substantial access to this individual’s home and family.
Main Duties / Tasks:
* To attend the service user primarily in their own home.
* To attend and assist with community outings when needed.
* To work collaboratively as part of the individual service user’s extended care team, including Home Care Specialist colleagues, Physiotherapists, and family.
* To carry out a range of care tasks for clients as indicated on the Service User Care Plan and as directed by your manager. These tasks include personal care, and social care, as follows:
* Personal Care tasks including (but are not limited to) bathing, toileting, pad changing, washing, dressing, and feeding.
* Social Care tasks including (but are not limited to) conversation, friendship, and support.
* To oversee the administration of medication to the individual service user.
* To provide relief care for a carer / colleague as required.
* To be aware of the changing needs of the service user and to report these to your manager.
* To maintain written records of service users visited as required including service user diary.
* To participate in formal and informal individual, team and group supervision as required.
* To observe / comply with all aspects of the Company’s Health and Safety policies and procedures; to ensure that all safety equipment provided (e.g. hoists, slings, etc) are used for the purpose intended and in a safe manner; and to report immediately any Health and Safety risks in the service user home to your Manager.
* To ensure that service user services are delivered by working within a flexible team rota. The role requires flexibility regarding duties, service users, catchment area, and working hours including early mornings, evenings, weekends, overnights, and bank holidays.
* The role holder is required to adhere to proper professional standards and maintain a sensitive and caring approach to their work, bearing in mind the need to preserve the health, safety and dignity of the individual service user at all times.
Sector:
Career Level
* Experienced [Non-Managerial]
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