PURPOSE:
To provide person centred support and assistance to Clients and their Carers to enable them to live independently, stay healthy, exercise maximum control over their own life and participate in social and community activities whilst retaining maximum dignity and respect.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• To provide a high quality service which will involve the provision of personal, social and domestic care to support clients to achieve their desired outcome as documented in the clients individual support plan.
• To respect the personal choice of lifestyles of Carers, people with care needs and colleagues, ensuring that equal opportunities principles are applied at all times.
• To work within Health and Safety Regulations
• It is imperative that confidentiality and dignity is respected at all times.
FAMILY/INDIVIDUAL RELATED TASKS:
• Attend the homes of families/individuals and perform duties as agreed and documented in the individual support plan.
• Listen to the directions and requests of both the person with a disability and the carer and wherever possible perform the duties consistent with their own wishes.
• To maintain independence by working with an enabling ethos of ‘doing with’ not ‘doing for’ the person with care needs.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CARE TASKS:
• Bathing in bed/bathroom/chair to include essential aspects of personal hygiene
• Assistance with getting up and going to bed
• Assistance with appliances (hearing aids, spectacles, artificial limbs, leg callipers).
• Care of skin and hair, including assistance with shaving.
• Care of pressure areas and prevention of sores.
• Care of mouth and teeth, including dentures.
• Assist in the management of continence of bladder and bowel
• Assist with dressing and undressing
• Assist with mobility and transfers, using correctly any specialised equipment provided.
• Assist with feeding.
• Administer only the medication as prescribed by a qualified medical practitioner as detailed in the Support Plan.
• Assist with the therapeutic programmes for rehabilitation and development as agreed with appropriate clinical professionals in liaison with the Line Manager.
• Provide a safe environment for those who need constant supervision and help
• Provide emotional support to the family as part of a caring team
• Supervise the person with care needs outside the home as advised by the Line Manager, with written permission from the disabled person or responsible carer.
• Undertake other specialised care tasks as agreed by the Board of Trustees
DOMESTIC TASKS:
Some light domestic duties may be carried out as follows:
• Making and changing the bed of the person with care needs.
• Essential laundering for the disabled person
• Essential shopping (receipts must be obtained for all purchases)
• Preparing meals and washing up
• Essential cleaning (as documented in clients support plan)
ADMINISTRATION & TRAINING
• Participate in an induction programme, and attend ongoing in-service training determined by individual needs.
• Undertake training for specialised care tasks as agreed by the Board of Trustees
• Notify the Line Manager immediately of any change in availability to work.
• Observe and report back promptly to the Line Manager any alteration in the family circumstances affecting the service provision.
• Liase regularly with the Line Manager and colleagues
• Provide flexible cover for colleagues in the event of holiday and sickness working as part of a caring team.
• Attend regular meetings convened by the Line/Scheme Manager and/or Board of Trustees
• Complete and submit to the Line Manager signed weekly time sheets and expense claims.
• Complete incident forms accurately, and submit promptly to the Line Manager.
• Maintain accurate records in clients support plans and submit completed records to the Line Manager.
OTHER DUTIES
• Undertake other duties as may reasonably be required by the Board of Trustees
• To undertake NVQ as required.