Support Worker

5 days ago


Erith, United Kingdom Infinity Alliance Full time

Key Worker duties
- Act as a key point of contact for the resident and their family, friends and other health and social care providers and Local Authority Personnel as appropriate.
- Contribute to assessing their needs and preferences.
- Support the development and implementation of their care plans.
- Contribute to reviewing care plans and attend review meetings.
- Support young people and residents to make and maintain appointments, and elements of independent living for example: budgeting, education, employment etc.
- Maintain records, write reports and keep appropriate logs of activity and incidents.
- Monitor and review the service provided and make adjustments where necessary to meet changing needs in consultation with line managers, and service managers.
- Rotating shifts minimum of 12 hour shifts

Provide personal care and support with reference to individual care plans
- To support residents to engage in activities of daily life that promotes a sense of purpose, belonging, and achievement.
- To engage in conversations to help maintain residents’ sense of identity; upholding dignity at all times.
- To support residents to meet their spiritual and cultural needs and identity.

Teamwork, Communication, Health and Safety
- Maintain effective communication within your team and others, promoting team working and healthy working relations.
- Participate in creating a homely environment through supporting and joining meals, tea breaks and celebrations.
- Make daily entries in the records logs (computer based) and report observations about the health and well-being of individual residents to the appropriate senior person
- Contribute to the care team’s knowledge and awareness of the changing needs of residents at the daily handovers and attend house meetings.
- Consult and follow written care and support plan procedures.
- Follow Health and Safety policies and procedures at all time.

Training
- To take part in training and vocational courses as required.

Location
- Dover
- London

DBS/Disclosure

As the role involves working in an environment with vulnerable people a DBS criminal records check or disclosure will be required before work can commence.

Other requirements

A degree of flexibility is needed. You may occasionally need to perform work not specifically referred to above to support the workers and residents. The need to do such duties will be reasonable and as agreed between the post holder and the manager.

Person Specification

**Qualifications**:

- Applicants with relevant experience and a commitment to obtain NVQ 3 will be considered.

Knowledge and Experience
- Several years of experience in care work with Young people or vulnerable people is essential.
- Care assessments and writing care plans.
- Report Writing
- First Aid
- Food Hygiene
- Health and Safety certificates
- Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults is desirable
- Carry out risk assessment related to your key client
- Basic Computer skills essential.

Personal Skills and Abilities
- Sound practical skills in personal care and good housekeeping or willingness to learn and improve those skills.
- Enjoy teamwork.
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal Skills
- Able to show respect, protect the privacy and uphold residents’ and fellow workers’ dignity in everyday practice.

Personal Qualities
- A compassionate and caring nature, with a desire to make people feel comfortable.
- Empathetic toward those who are frail, ill, suffering from dementia or dying.
- Willing to take initiative.
- Flexible, cooperative and approachable.


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