Casual Domestic Assistant Plas y Don

Job title:
Casual Domestic Assistant Plas Y Don

Directorate:
Adults, Health and Well-being

Service:
Provider Services

Closing date:
20/07/2023 10:00

Job type/Hours:
Casual

Salary:
£10.59 an hour

Pay Scale:
GS1

Location(s):
Cartref Plas y Don, Pwllheli

**Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this **Information Pack**

(This is an advertisement for the post of Domestic Assistant at Plas y Don, Pwllheli for the Adult Health and Wellbeing. Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.)

Pecyn Recriwtio Oedolion (S).pdf

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PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
ESSENTIAL
Hard-working and organised
To be committed and sensitive with the ability to work in a manner that respects the individual’s rights at all times.
To be able to work as part of a team and follow instructions

DESIRABLE

QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT TRAINING

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE
Basic Food Hygiene
Training in Health and Safety e.g. moving and handling or first aid

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE
Experience in preparing simple and tasteful food.
Experience of domestic work

SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
ESSENTIAL
Good cleaning skills
Good basic cooking skills
Good interpersonal skills
Good communications skills
Understanding the needs of an elderly person

DESIRABLE

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
ESSENTIAL

Listening and Speaking - Intermediate Level

Reading and Understanding - Intermediate Level
Understand everyday correspondence on familiar issues at work. Understand longer reports in Clear Welsh and be able to pick up the main points. (help may be required with the vocabulary).

Writing - Intermediate Level

Purpose of the Post.
- Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- To assist with the arrangements and activities of the kitchen and in the absence of the Cook and Assistant Cook, to prepare, cook and present the meals in accordance with the menus.
- To undertake general domestic and cleaning duties and using all cleaning equipment available.
- To undertake general duties in the dining room or in the kitchen i.e. set/clear tables, carry meals to the dining room, wash dishes, serve meals and make tea from time to time.

Responsibility for functions. e.g. staff, budgets, equipment
- Responsibility to use all equipment linked with the kitchen carefully and safely and notifying the Cook and/or Registered Manager regarding any weakness with the equipment or kitchen building.

Main Duties
- To ensure that service users keep their dignity, independence and rights at all times. An integral part of this is to ensure that users have the opportunity to choose their food every day and have an input into the type of food provided.
- To ensure that the arrangements and administration of the kitchen is effective and efficient and conforms to relevant Health and Safety legislation and the Council’s policies and guidelines.
- In the absence of the Cook and Assistant Cook, to order, prepare, cook and present nutritious and tasty food for the service users in a clean environment and by conforming to relevant legislation and guidelines.
- In the absence of the Cook and Assistant Cook, to plan and follow a menu including controlling the size of the meals in accordance with the relevant guidelines and the wishes of the service users.
- To attend training relevant to the post.
- To attend staff meetings.
- To register with the Care Council in accordance with national guidelines.
- To conform to the relevant requirements of the Care Standards Act 2000.
- To agree to any medical examination that is deemed to be in the interests of the employee and/or service.
- Responsibility for self-development.
- Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
- Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
- Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
- Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
- Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
- Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

Special Circumstances. e.g. the need to work unsociable hours, special working arrangements etc