Senior Care Practitioner

**Information**:
**The people who use our services tell us we’ve changed their lives. Our employees tell us they’re supported, enthusiastic and have opportunities to develop meaningful careers. We’re looking for someone great to join our team Threshold Edinburgh as a Senior Care Practitioner.**:
Our staff have come from all walks of life; some have a faith and some don’t. We don’t want you to be a cog in a wheel. We want you to bring your skills and experience either from the care sector or gained elsewhere - we know they are transferrable. Your journey won’t stop there though as, using the strengths of a large diverse organisation, we’ll support you to develop new skills and qualifications and give you the opportunities to put them into practice.

We’re all about the people we support. We want them to achieve the highest quality of life they can and you’ll be more important in that than you know. You’ll need to be able to discern the person behind the behaviour and be able to develop strong supportive relationships with colleagues

There’s space to be creative and find ways to help the people who use our services achieve their goals so when you see a problem you’ll need to have the heart to fix it.

**Main Function**:
To provide the highest quality and standards of flexible support and care throughout the service, in order to meet the needs and aspirations of service users with a learning disability or an autism spectrum disorder in a range of social settings, or within the home of the service user. There will be an emphasis of leading on the principles of personalisation. Also for ensuring that CrossReach's aims and objectives, quality standards and statutory responsibilities are met and maintained. Through Christian leadership, he/she will ensure that these services reflect CrossReach's Christian ethos and mission statement. This post requires the post holder to divide their time between support of service users on a one to one basis and supervisory duties.

**Main Duties**:

- To promote equality for all individuals.
- To assist with the management of the Service.
- To participate in staff meetings.
- To be responsible for the assessment, planning, co-ordination and development of service provision to the service users.
- To be responsible for the direct and regular supervision and appraisal of staff.
- To plan and participate in regular staff meetings.
- To assist in the recruitment and selection staff, and to be involved in the selection of Support staff for the Service.
- To ensure that CrossReach's personnel policies are implemented and understood by all staff.
- To ensure that appropriate procedures are initiated and completed in all matters relating to staff discipline and grievances.
- To create a culture of open communication based on trust.
- To assist in service based induction training, ongoing training within the service and be accountable to the team leader for the training and development of team members.
- To assist with the identification of staff training opportunities, liaising with the appropriate EDO and the People Development Section.
- To undertake or facilitate the assessment of staff for SVQs and/or the supervision of students from local colleges or schools.
- To share responsibility for all aspects of Health and Safety within the Service, ensuring that CrossReach's Health & Safety Policies and Procedures are implemented and adhered to.
- To assist the Team Leader in the promotion of the services and to maintain close working relationships as required, with relevant professionals involved in the support of clients, maintaining effective communication with relatives and friends of service users.
- Contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse.
- Contribute to the management of aggressive and abusive behavior.
- Promote communication with service users.
- To provide support to service users consistent with the aims and objectives of the service.
- To ensure that a safe, secure and supportive environment is created for all individuals
- Promote the wellbeing of all service users in a sensitive caring manner affording them dignity and respect.
- To be responsible for particular specific duties, as directed by the Managing Co-ordinator/Team leader.

**FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT**
- To ensure that service user records are maintained in line with CrossReach's policies.
- To adhere to the established systems for gathering, recording and storing information/data.
- To contribute to the preparation, monitoring and management of the annual budget for the service.
- To ensure that clients records are maintained in line with Cross Reach’s financial policies.
- To ensure that all contractual agreements are adhered to.

**SERVICE DELIVERY**
- To implement and uphold CrossReach's aims, objectives, policies and procedures and ensure that all services are offered in Christ's name.
- To ensure that all aspects of risk management are undertaken.
- To e