Responsibilities
* Assisting with personal care including bathing, washing, shaving, oral hygiene and hair care, dressing, undressing and assist with all toilet and continence requirements. Also to travel to hospital appointments and assist with therapies as required. Ensuring that Service Users have given their consent prior to any examination, care, treatment or support taking place and that all Service Users are treated with respect.
* General light domestic duties including laundry and ironing.
* Assisting with the cooking of light meals, preparing snacks and the provision of beverages.
* Carrying out tasks as specified in the Service Users individual service/care plan, taking action to enable the Service User to carry out as much self-care and other activities as possible.
* Helping with handling the service users money in respect while out of home on trips or health appointments to allow him to carry out his own shopping. Ensuring accurate and up to date records are kept.
* Assisting with Physiotherapy/ hydrotherapy sessions.
* Transporting service users to local amenities and to medical appointments.
* Contributing to accurate and detailed record keeping whilst maintaining the Service.
* Contribute to the team effort.
* Ensuring notes are kept up dated
* Ensuring Nutrition and hydration are supplied as client nutritionally challenged
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the position and the overall Clients objectives and needs.
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