Description
The job itself
New House is a small residential home in Beverley, providing support to residents who have a learning disability and other associated physical health needs. We are proud to hold an overall CQC rating of good.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of a full time Senior Care Officer within New House. The post is 37 hours a week and there will be an expectation to work evenings and alternative weekends. Hours of work could vary between 7am and 11pm.
New House prides itself in offering care and support that puts the service user at the very centre in terms of decision making regarding their individual lives, hopes and aspirations. It is therefore crucial that the post holder has a sound value base that respects people’s individuality and diversity in order to ensure that good quality person centred care is provided to each of our 8 service users living at The New House.
As a Senior Care Officer, you will be required to support the Registered Manager with the day to day operational management and leadership of the service. Duties will include supervising and managing staff, liaising with families and other professionals to ensure that good outcomes for our service users can be achieved, medication management, reviewing and updating individual care plans/risk plans and the use of electronic systems for retrieving and storing information. You will also be required to attend service user review meetings and contributing to strengths based assessments.
You will have experience of working in a care setting and must have a good working knowledge of the fundamental care standards, how these are regulated by the Care Quality Commission and the responsibilities of a registered service in relation to upholding these. You will also have a good working knowledge of legislation such as Mental Capacity Act 2005, The Care Act 2014, Data Protection Act, Health and Safety at Work Act and sound knowledge around safeguarding of vulnerable adults. In addition to this, a good understanding of Infection prevention related residential home guidance will also be an advantage.
In return we can offer you:
1. Free learning and personal development opportunities
2. Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
3. Health and Wellbeing Support and Wellbeing Hub for all staff
4. Employee Assistance Programme
5. Health Cash Plan
6. Eye Care Voucher Scheme
7. Leisure Centre Membership Discounts
8. Specific Travel Benefits including cycle to work scheme, car salary sacrifice.
9. Shop and Save discount scheme and East Riding Rewards (shop and save discounts)
The role is challenging but extremely rewarding. If you think that you have the right values and the aptitude to support the service users living at New House to live a good quality and fulfilling lives then we would welcome your application.