Senior Care Worker

Purpose of Position

• To enable and / or assist individuals to remain in the community, to be supported and maintained safely in their own homes and thereby enhance the quality of life.

• Encouraging your service user's individuality and independence

• Helping your service user to maintain relationships with neighbours, the neighbourhood and familiar activities and surroundings, providing social contact, especially for service users who live alone

• Assisting other care workers and professionals to provide care for your service user

• Being the face of 'care in the community' and acting as our representative

1. To support a team of Care Workers to ensure the provision of a Care Service that is unique to each service user.

2. To ensure on-going knowledge of the functions and activities of the Care Worker Team.

3. To work with the Care Worker Team to ensure that the Care Service is delivered to a high standard in line with the Organisation's

Policies and Procedures and related Codes of Conduct.

4. To support, and take directives from, the Domiciliary Care Services Manager / Supervisor in relation to the day-to-day management

of the Care Worker Team.

5. To conform to all Policies and Procedures laid down by the Organisation in respect of carrying out these Care Duties and in other

administrative aspects of the business, as relevant.

6. To assist with the identification of staff training needs, and to participate as directed by the Domiciliary Care Services Manager / Supervisor in Induction Training and regular In-service Training programmes.

7. To assist with the management of staff rotas, and to contact Care Workers with alterations of work patterns and changes to service

user requirements, as necessary.

8. To assist with the maintenance of accurate, concise and timely records of service user care, diary sheets, time sheets and mileage sheets.

9. To participate in Staff, Team and Quality Management Review Meetings as directed by the Domiciliary Care Services Manager / Supervisor.

10. To report back to the Domiciliary Care Services Manager / Supervisor on any aspect of service user care which he / she feels warrants investigation or urgent action.

11. To participate in reviews of service users' Care Plans as required.

Essential Qualities

· Working with the elderly (formal or informal) desirable (a & i)

· Ability to handle emergency situations (i)

· Effective verbal communication skills (i)

· Good interpersonal skills (i)

· A good knowledge of equal opportunities (i)

· Ability to work as a team member (a & i)

· Ability to work under own initiative (i)

· A detailed understanding of other cultures and some familiarity with diversity

· Basic numeracy & literacy skills essential (a)

· Use of own vehicle essential (a)

(a) Denotes that the evidence will be identified on the application

(i) Denotes that the evidence will be identified in the interview

(a & i) Denotes that the evidence will be identified on the application and in the interview

Special Conditions

Criminal Record Bureau Disclosures

This post will result in you having substantial contact with the elderly, sick or disables. Classique Care Services, therefore, requires that by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, the Police Act 1997, you reveal any criminal convictions, bind over orders or cautions, including those which would normally be regarded as spent. You must complete the relevant section on the application form – your application will be returned if this section is incomplete. If successful in your application you will be subject to a Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure.