Job title : Support Practitioner | Care at Home Services
Responsible to : Care at Home Service Manager
Hours of work : Full-time (36.25 hours per week)
Contract : Permanent
Location : Field-based working across all three localities of Aberdeen City
Salary : £22,
Main responsibilities :
Lead and participate in the provision of a high standard of person-led care and support for service users in their own homes, in line with individual care plans and risk assessments, organisational policies, national standards, codes of practice and legislation.
Communicate effectively with service users, families and multi-disciplinary teams, record appropriate care notes and create a safe, positive and enabling environment.
Job Activities
1. To understand the physical, emotional, cultural, and social needs of the service users, including a wide range of needs, illnesses and disabilities
2. To 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
3. An understanding of palliative and end-of-life care
4. An understanding of working with individuals who may be elderly and vulnerable
5. Working to a person-centred and enabling approach
6. To observe and promote the service user’s choice, independence, dignity, privacy, fulfilment and other rights
7. To actively support other Support Practitioners
8. To undertake the tasks detailed in the service user’s care and support plan using trauma-informed practices
9. To provide input into the care and support plans alongside the service user
10. To use manual handling equipment safely and correctly
11. To establish and maintain good communication and develop effective working relationships with service users, families and multi-disciplinary teams
Essential
12. A minimum qualification of N/SVQ3 in Adult Health and Social Care, or equivalent professional qualification or equivalent professional experience and a willingness to work towards SVQ3
13. Literacy and numeracy at a level to maintain all the appropriate paperwork and report writing
Systems
14. Maintenance of records – Utilisation of PASS to record all information in relation to Service User Case Management
15. Team meeting attendance
16. Office and IT Platforms
Quality Standards
17. Working to the appropriate Care Inspectorate standards
18. Working to the appropriate Scottish Social Services Council standards
19. Working to the appropriate Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator standards
20. Working to organisational standards
21. Working to the appropriate Environmental Health standards
General Terms of Reference
In carrying out the above activities, the Home Care Support Practitioner will:
22. Work on their own and as part of teams, both within Aberdeen Cyrenians and with partnership organisations
23. Maximise their own performance and contribution
24. Ensure they comply with internal and external regulations, procedures and other requirements pertaining to the service
25. Maintain the good reputation of the organisation
26. Keep abreast of developments and legislation relevant to the service’s range of activities
27. Seek to improve their knowledge and skills by both formal and informal means
28. Carry out other relevant work commensurate with the post as required
Aims, values and behaviours
29. To be respectful of and work in accordance with the core values and behaviours of the organisation.
30. To respect and work in accordance with our Equality and Diversity Policy and ensure its promotion in the course of your daily work
31. Have a duty to take care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your actions at work.
32. Co-operate with employers and co-workers to help everyone meet their legal requirements.
33. Raise any specific queries or concerns you have regarding your workplace with your line manager or health and safety representative
It's important to us that we recruit people who share our values and who want to make a difference. Our interview process is designed to get to know you better and to find out why you want to work for us. If you are nervous, please don't be - there are no right or wrong answers.
Because we work with vulnerable people, we have a responsibility to safeguard them. We undertake background and reference checks, and it is a term of employment with us that all employees register with the Protecting Vulnerable Groups ("PVG") scheme operated by Disclosure Scotland.
We guarantee an interview to candidates who have lived experience within the areas of society and the issues that we support and those who are care experienced, subject to meeting the minimum criteria for the role.
We're an equal opportunities employer and value diversity - exclusion has no place in our workplaces. If you need us to make reasonable adjustments to allow you to attend an interview with us, just let us know.
We regret that due to current Home Office rules, we are not able to sponsor applicants for this role, so you must be eligible to live and work in the UK without sponsorship.
The closing date for this position is Monday 29th April .
We review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early should sufficient applications be received.