Relief Worker All Services - Aberdeen, United Kingdom - Aberdeen Cyrenians

Aberdeen Cyrenians

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Aberdeen, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

About Us:

Aberdeen Cyrenians have provided front-line services and care in the North East for over 50+ years, empowering vulnerable and socially excluded people, to overcome their personal challenges, make informed choices and move towards positive outcomes, promoting dignity, inclusiveness and equality throughout communities.

Our organisation exists to support anyone and everyone who is facing difficulty and we provide a wide range of life-changing services including support to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, have experienced abuse, are at risk of violence, are at high financial risk, struggling with mental health issues, struggling with substance addiction, social exclusion or involved in the justice system.

Position:

Job title:
Relief Worker | All services

Responsible to:
Community Service Manager

Hours of work:
This role offers flexible working including mornings, evenings and weekends

Salary:
£10.94 per hour

Number of Vacancies: 3

Main Responsibilities:

Participate in the provision of a high standard of person-centred and enabling care and support for service users in their own homes.

Job Purpose
Our Care at Home team is looking for caring, compassionate and motivated people to join their growing team. The role offers agreed flexibility in your hours of work.

We will offer you extensive training to support your development in your role to enable a great sense of job satisfaction.

Job Activities

Provide highquality personcentred and enabling personal care, in line with individual and organisational risk assessments, policies and procedures, national standards and legislation.
Provide a wide range of domiciliary care including personal and continence care, managing medication, household tasks and meal preparation as agreed in individual care plans
Communicate effectively with service users, families and multidisciplinary teams, record appropriate care notes and create a safe and positive environment in line with all relevant training and legislation which promotes service users' wellbeing, choice, dignity and respect.
Assist service users with maintaining social groups to promote positive mental health and provide support to service users through life changes or loss.

Requirements:

Job Activities

To undertake an induction shift/shifts as required at any service prior to starting work in that service.
Support the service in any way as directed by management or delegate.
Be familiar with, and adhere to organisational systems
Tasks in residential and community services are likely to include but are not limited to:
To assist in the implementation, review and development of individual support plans.
To provide advice, support and practical help to the service users.
To organise and participate in social, recreational and therapeutic programmes.
To attend service user reviews to discuss progress.
To assist service users to arrange appointments with outside agencies and escort them as necessary.
To assist service users resettle in the community as necessary.
To maintain service user centred and other records consistent with the above.
To undertake such cleaning, cooking and laundry duties as required.
To participate at staff meetings.
To participate in staff training as arranged.
To liaise with other agencies as appropriate.
To undertake any other duties consistent with the post.
Intervene in a crisis effective preemption of accidents and incidents.
Ensure that the basic needs of service users are addressed and met (food, shelter, warmth, bathing, clothing, etc.).
Assist service users in their transition into the service or their own accommodation which may include practical tasks of getting/moving furniture, painting/decorating, cleaning and food preparation.
Arrange life skill development programmes in line with agreed support plans and within time restraints.
Advocate on service users behalf and generally assist them with communication skills.
Work with service users to tackle debts, budget and maximise their income.
Where required, assist service users with personal care (food, bathing, continence, etc.)

General terms of reference
In carrying out the above activities, the Relief Worker will:

Work shifts as required, including evenings/weekends/night hours.
Work effectively as part of a team.
Maximise his/her own performance and contribution;
Ensure they comply with internal and external regulations, procedures and other requirements appertaining to the project, if in doubt check with management.
Maintain the good reputation of the organisation;
Keep abreast of developments and legislation relevant to the project's range of activities;
Seek to improve his/her knowledge and skills by both formal and informal means;
Carry out other relevant work commensurate with the post as required by the Project Manager.
Seek support/debrief from management whe