Supervise and/or train students and Band 5 colleagues as and when required to ensure their practice is safe and professional. Provide supervision on a 1:1 basis or through peer supervision as and when required to ensure practice is safe and professional. Support the delivery of induction training for new staff within the service as and when required to ensure practice is safe and professional. Responsibility for the occasional short-term security of a persons cash, legal documentation or valuable items (e.g.
house keys) until they can be securely deposited. Duty to consider best value option when planning for peoples care and support. Plan and organise day-to-day work using an online calendar, recording systems, and workload management tools (that are available on the intranet) in accordance with departmental guidelines. Ensure records are timely, kept up-to-date, accurate and used in accordance with the GDPR and organisational guidelines.
Have a good understanding of the various computer programmes essential for the completion of daily work, such as Microsoft office. Arrange and plan meetings with colleagues and/or people who use services and be willing to chair them if required. Maintain contact with people who use our services either face-to-face, telephone or assistive technology such as video links and conference calls. Design, implement and review care and support plans, which may involve the input of other professionals /disciplines.
Work to a number of protocols/procedures such as lone working, risk management and health and safety. Complete carers assessments and seek feedback from people who use the service. Learning some basic clinical skills to enable the undertaking of holistic assessments and liaison with the multi-disciplinary team. Take an asset-based approach, including signposting to universal services, advice and information and considering the persons links and integration with their community and services such as advocacy.
Duty of candour and supporting people to make complaints if they wish too. Increased level of responsibility and autonomy in relation to analysing and making professional judgements, informed by practice experience and underpinned by theory and best practice guidance. Ability to work independently, utilising knowledge and skills with regular support from management, work is managed rather than supervised. Ability to act following broad policies and regulations, working within guidelines and protocols, utilising monthly supervision.
Contribute ideas (and advocate on behalf of the people who use our services) towards the development and implementation of policies and/or services. Work in other teams and across the organisation in order to support organisational demands and pressures. Represent the team/organisation on planning or developmental groups as and when required. A flexible and adaptable approach to organisational change.