Support Practitioner Care at Home Service

2 weeks ago

Aberdeen, United Kingdom Aberdeen Cyrenians Full time

**About Us**:
Aberdeen Cyrenians have provided front-line services and care in the North East for over 50+ years, empowering vulnerable and socially excluded people, to overcome their personal challenges, make informed choices and move towards positive outcomes, promoting dignity, inclusiveness and equality throughout communities.

Our organisation exists to support anyone and everyone who is facing difficulty and we provide a wide range of life-changing services including support to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, have experienced abuse, are at risk of violence, are at high financial risk, struggling with mental health issues, struggling with substance addiction, social exclusion or involved in the justice system.

**Position**:
**Job title**: Support Practitioner | Care at Home Service

**Responsible to**: Service Manager

**Hours of work**:Full-time (36.25 hours per week)

**Contract**: Permanent

**Salary**:£20,556

**Location**: Field-based working across all three localities of Aberdeen City

**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.

**Requirements**:
**Job activities**
- To understand the physical, emotional, cultural, and social needs of the service users, including a wide range of needs, illnesses and disabilities
- 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
- An understanding of palliative and end-of-life care
- An understanding of working with individuals who may be elderly and vulnerable
- Working to a person-centred and enabling approach
- To observe and promote the service user’s choice, independence, dignity, privacy, fulfilment and other rights
- To actively support other Support Practitioners
- To undertake the tasks detailed in the service user’s care and support plan using trauma-informed practices
- To provide input into the care and support plans alongside the service user
- To use manual handling equipment safely and correctly
- To establish and maintain good communication and develop effective working relationships with service users, families and multi-disciplinary teams

**Essential**
- 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
- Literacy and numeracy at a level to maintain all the appropriate paperwork and report writing

**Systems**
- Maintenance of records - Utilisation of PASS to record all information in relation to Service User Case Management
- Team meeting attendance
- Office 365 and IT Platforms

**Quality Standards**
- Working to the appropriate Care Inspectorate standards
- Working to the appropriate Scottish Social Services Council standards
- Working to the appropriate Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator standards
- Working to organisational standards
- Working to the appropriate Environmental Health standards

**General Terms of Reference**

In carrying out the above activities, the Home Care Support Practitioner will:

- Work on their own and as part of teams, both within Aberdeen Cyrenians and with partnership organisations
- Maximise their own performance and contribution
- Ensure they comply with internal and external regulations, procedures and other requirements pertaining to the service
- Maintain the good reputation of the organisation
- Keep abreast of developments and legislation relevant to the service’s range of activities
- Seek to improve their knowledge and skills by both formal and informal means
- Carry out other relevant work commensurate with the post as required

**Aims, values and behaviours**
- To be respectful of and work in accordance with the core values and behaviours of the organisation.
- To respect and work in accordance with our Equality and Diversity Policy and ensure its promotion in the course of your daily work
- 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.
- Co-operate with employers and co-workers to help everyone meet their legal requirements.
- Raise any specific queries or concerns you have regarding your workplace with your line manager or health and safety representative.

**Other information**:
You can expect the following working for us:

- Comprehensive training through our online Learning Management System
- Opportunity to pursue on the job qualifications and career progression
- Online timesheets and expenses
- We are a Living Wage Foundati

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