Independent Living Officer - Halifax, United Kingdom - Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
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Halifax, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Establish positive relationships with the people we provide care for within professional boundaries, promoting dignity, choice, and respect.

Working with people to encourage them to be able and independent by providing support and personal care to a range of service users in vastly different circumstances.

Providing personal care, including washing, dressing, toileting, shaving, mouth care, catheter care, feeding, and meal preparation, with the objective of encouraging people to do these tasks independently.

Support and enable service users to improve or maintain their mobility through exercise and the use of mobility appliances or fitting equipment ifappropriate.


Be competent in assisting a service user with stoma care and catheter care to recognise risks and report concerns to the appropriate person.

Assess for equipment, assistive technology, and minor / major adaptations.

To consider any preventative measures necessary to maintain independence, provide equipment, demonstrate, and instruct individuals, carers, and other professionals in the safe use of and provide ongoing training when required.

Work will be carried out in patients own homes and the activities will include:
a) Implementing treatment to protocols and based on competencies.

b)

Monitoring progress and feeding back to the registered practitioner or assistant practitioner c) Making minor adjustments to treatment programmes within predetermined limits d) Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatment. e) Community participation:

support the individual and their families to identify community activities that will support the individual to maintain their connections with themselves, the people, and the environment surrounding them.

f) Ability to use technology and interpret data to inform Reablement plans Attend training as identified through appraisal, in line with national minimum care standards, Skills Training and Council policy, and be proactive in any development opportunities as they arise. To assist in the induction of new colleagues and to maintain positive relationships within the team and beyond.


Support and participate in treatment/exercise regimes and rehabilitation plans identified by other team members undertaking basic nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy roles following appropriate training, i.e., putting a splint on foot and following the exercise regime laid out, use of walking aids, deliver, and fit equipment.

The initiative, to have a responsible attitude and a creative approach, to be open, you try new ways of working with service users and their carers.

The ability to work alone and use your own initiative, however, also raise any issues that you feel need supervisory support and may have to deal with any emergency.

Will be required to work in the homes of our service users.

The types homes include houses, flats, sheltered housing, caravans, etc.

some of which may be unpleasant or disagreeable, referring the difficult situations to the Locality Manager or Community Service Manager.

This is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities of this post.

The post holder may be required to carry out any other duties as directed; the responsibility level of any other duties should not exceed those outlined above.

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