Community Health Care Assistant

3 weeks ago

Helston, United Kingdom Proper Care Cornwall Full time

**Purpose of position**

To provide personal care and support to people in their own homes in line with an agreed care and support plan.

To care for service users in non-discriminatory ways, respecting each user’s dignity, individuality, cultural and social background and independence.

To work with other staff employed by the service and where involved with staff from other services in order to provide an integrated approach to people’s health and care.

To work in partnership with users’ family members and friends who are involved in their care and support.

To contribute to individual well-being.

To be familiar with the service’s safeguarding policy and procedures and ensure that it is always implemented.

**Principal responsibilities**

In line with an individual’s plan of care and support and the care worker’s training and competence:

- help with their activities of daily living, eg getting up in the morning, going to bed at nights, dressing, undressing, washing, bathing and toilet arrangements
- help service users overcome any mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including helping in the use and care of aids and personal equipment
- help make a person physically comfortable by, eg making and changing beds, tidying rooms, doing light cleaning, laundry and emptying commodes where used
- help with their eating and drinking by, eg preparing meals, snacks and drinks and helping users to eat and drink if they cannot or have difficulty in doing this by themselves
- contribute to specialised care plans, eg for people with dementia, re-enablement or people with continence difficulties
- help users take their prescribed medication (as specified on their care plans)
- contribute to the care of service users who are temporarily sick and needing, eg minor dressings, bed nursing, help with feeding, etc
- contribute as needed to a person’s end-of-life care
- promote users’ mental and physical activity by, eg talking to them, helping them do things for themselves, prompting, taking them shopping, sharing with them in activities such as reading, writing, hobbies and recreations
- read and write reports, and take part in staff and service users’ meetings and in training activities as directed
- comply with the service’s guidelines and policies at all times, eg in respect of dress code, wearing of identity badges, travelling and security and safeguarding of service users
- report to the service manager any significant changes in the health or circumstances of a service user
- encourage and enable service users to remain as independent as possible
- perform such other duties as may reasonably be required.

**Person specification — essential criteria**

The following personal attributes are considered essential to the post of care worker.

The job holder must be:

- self-motivated
- organised
- flexible
- caring
- sensitive to the needs of others and to the needs of vulnerable people
- an active team player but also able to work on own initiative
- a good communicator
- able to follow care planning requirements and instructions.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 20-30 per week

**Salary**: £10.50-£13.13 per hour

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Weekend availability

Work Location: One location

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