- Experience of working in a customer focused, residential environment, offering personal care to a diverse group of people
- An awareness of housing and Health and Safety legislation and regulation National Care Standards Awareness
- Flexibility to work hours to meet customer and business needs, which may include working outside of normal office hours and lone working.
- Flexible working options available
- Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
- A wide range of benefits
- Work as part of a committed and compassionate team, delivering an outstanding experience to customers whilst being supported by your colleagues and Line Manager
- Recognise and identify each individual customer's needs to ensure a person-centered approach and that the customer is at the heart of everything we do by:
- Delivering and enabling customers to meet the aspirations within their individual support plans, whilst keeping up-to-date information on customers' changing needs
- Providing direct personal care to customers in line with Care Quality Commission (CQC) definitions including showering, shaving, toileting, continence management and personal hygiene (training provided)
- Helping customers to go to bed, wake up, dress and maintain their personal appearance.
- Safely helping with customer's mobility difficulties and using assessed equipment, aids or other manual handling equipment
- Administering and supporting medication for customers
- Assisting with preparation of meals, snacks and drinks where necessary
- Working with customers to provide light general household domestic duties, for example - cleaning, laundry, ironing, etc.
- Helping customers with the management of their personal affairs when this is part of their individual support plan e.g. reading letters, managing utilities, handling small amounts of money for shopping
- Communicate clearly, building trusted relationships with customers and their wider support network (family, friends, GPs, Social Worker, etc.)
- Provide companionship to customers, engaging in conversation to build genuine and trusted relationships
- Encourage customers to participate in social activities and feel part of the community
- Ensure customers are safe at all times by carrying out all of your duties within Riverside's Policy and Procedure framework e.g. health & safety, equal opportunities, cash handling, etc
- Take pride and initiative in working with customers to meet their needs, creating a safe, comfortable and respectful living environment
- Maintain detailed, accurate records of care and medication support provided, as well as tasks undertaken
- Promptly respond to and report any concerns relating to the care, support, well-being or behaviour of customers to a manager, making comprehensive records, ensuring customer confidentiality is observed at all times
- Recognising any signs of abuse and immediately reporting them to a manager, ensuring local safeguarding procedures are followed
- Record all complaints and proactively talk through the complaints procedure with customers
- Deliver your role in line with the Riverside company values - "Our Riverside Way"
- You will be required to work a range of shifts on a 24 hour, 7 days per week rota basis
- You will undertake regular training to enable you to deliver your role safely
- From time to time you may be required to undertake additional duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature, in consultation with your Line Manager
- Experience of working in a team and communicating positively with other people
- Experience of being able to organise tasks and plan accordingly whilst dealing with people
- Be caring, empathetic, flexible and have a resilient, can-do attitude
- Able to use initiative and have confidence to make and act on decisions
- Basic administrative skills & IT Skills (including proficiency in Microsoft Office)
- Awareness of CQC standards
- Experience of providing direct care to a diverse group of customers
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Care Assistant Rochdale, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Posted on 03/28/2024 Be the First t - The Riverside Group
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Job Description
Job Title: Care Assistant
Contract Type : permanent
Salary : £24,627 per annum (pro rata)
Working Hours : part time hours per week
Working Pattern : Working shifts between Mon-Sun 7.30am-10.30pm
Location : Keswick Gardens, Middleton, Rochdale
If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don'tmeet all the essential criteria on the job description.
The difference you will make as Care Assistant.
You will provide assistance to residents in need of physical personal care and carry out individual tasks with residents in line with their support plans, to maintain or improve their quality of life and to be able to recognise signs of distress in residents. You will work with the team to identify and assess positive ways to reduce distress and give residents control over their lives wherever possible.
About You
We are looking for someone with:
Why Riverside?
At Riverside, we're a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we've been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.
We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.
Working with us, you'll enjoy:
Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:
We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Other Information
Person specification
About Us
Riverside is one of the UK's leading not-for-profit social housing and regeneration organisations, owning or managing around 75,000 homes from Irvine to Kent. We are a leading provider of supported housing services, particularly for those affected by homelessness, and our track record of transforming lives and revitalising neighbourhoods dates back over 90 years. We have plans to build over 15,000 affordable homes over the next decade.
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