Care Worker – Adult Social Care - London – 19.30 per hour.
Job title: Care Worker – Leaning Disabilities Residential Care (Sc5)
Job Type: Temporary
Sector: Social and Healthcare Unqualified
Category: Adult Social Care
Region: South East
Location: London
Salary Description: Regular
Posted: 24.06.22
Start: 08:00
End: 15:00
Job Reference: RQ615339
Social Work Choice UK Agency are recruiting for a local authority looking for a passionate care worker to provide as part of a team, 24-hour support to adults with secure learning disabilities and complex health care needs. The post involves providing support with all aspects of daily living.
Duties & Responsibilities
* Offer personal care to service users in a respectful, dignified, and non-judgmental manner
* Run shifts to ensure service users are supported to be engaged in meaningful and developmental activities
* Participating in sleeping-in duty, waking night duties, and work at evenings, weekends and bank holidays
* Responsibility for the ongoing management of the service in the absence of supervisory staff
* Participating in the care and development of programmes, promoting the health, welfare and comfort
* Appreciate, understand and have knowledge of different cultural needs
* Undertaking supervised key worker duties with the service users, family, and other workers as appropriate
* Performing administrative/clerical duties as required
* To take appropriate action to safeguard vulnerable adults in line with current legislation
* Carry out duties and responsibilities in accordance with Councils Health and Safety policy
* To use and assist others to use information technology systems to carry out duties
* To achieve service outcomes and outputs, and personal appraisal targets, as agreed with your line manager
* To adhere to the Code of Conduct of the General Social Care Council (HCPC).
* To undertake relevant training and development
* To be committed to the Council’s core values of public service, quality and equality
* At all times carrying out responsibilities and duties in accordance with all relevant legislation
* To undertake additional duties commensurate with the grade as directed by your line manager
Qualification & Experience
* NVQ or QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
* At least 6 months of experience working directly with adults with learning disabilities
Please contact us if you need any further information about this role on 020 3488 9350
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