Care Assistant - Plymouth, United Kingdom - Sunnymeade Quality Care Ltd
3 weeks ago
Description
Job descriptionPosition:
Care Assistant 36+ Hours per week including alternate weekends
Responsible to:
Managers & Team Leaders
Purpose of position:
To share with other staff in meeting the personal care needs of service users in a way that respects the dignity of the individual and promotes independence and to help in the general day-to-day activities of the home.
Care provided by care assistants is expected to include care that would reasonably be given by members of the service user's own family and is not expected to include tasks that would normally be expected to be undertaken by a trained nurse.
Principal Responsibilities- To assist service users who need help with getting up in the morning, dressing,
- To help service users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including incontinence; help in use and care of aids and personal equipment.
- To care for service users who are temporarily sick and needing, for example, minor
- To help care for service users who are dying.
- To help in the promotion of mental and physical activity of service users through
writing, hobbies and recreations.
- To make and change beds; tidy rooms; do light cleaning and empty commodes.
- To inspect, launder and mend service users' clothing.
- To set tables and trays; serve meals; feed service users who need help; prepare light
- To answer emergency bells, the door and the telephone; greet visitors.
- To read and write reports; take part in staff and service users' meetings and in training activities as directed.
- To perform such other duties as may reasonably be required.
- To comply with the home's guidelines and policies at all times.
- To report to the Registered Managers/ Team Leaders any significant changes in the health or circumstances of a service user.
- To encourage service users to remain as independent as possible.
- To follow shift routine guides.
- Diploma Level 2 in Health and Social Care.
- Self motivated.
- Organised.
- Flexible.
- Caring.
- Sensitive to the needs of others and to the sick or infirm.
- An active team player but also able to work on own initiative.
- A good communicator.
All staff are required to respect the confidentiality of all matters that they might learn in the course of their employment.
All staff must ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities under the Health and Safely at Work, etc Act 1974.
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Salary:
£9.50 per hour
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Salary:
£9.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
Work Location:
One location
Reference ID:
Care Assistant Full Time
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