Domiciliary Care Worker
Accountable To: Manager of Link Community Care
Job Type: Full-Time and Part-Time roles available
Salary:
- Monday to Friday: £13.35 per hour
- Weekends: £14.00 per hour
- Selected Bank Holidays: £16.50 per hour
Main Purpose of the Post
The Care Worker is part of a team whose function is to provide care to service users in their own home. Our client group may have a diagnosis of mental ill health, learning disability, acquired brain injury, and dementia.
Ethos
Staff are expected to give respect and dignity in all situations to all individuals whilst maintaining confidentiality within the organisation at all times.
Specific Responsibilities Service Users
- Provide, where appropriate, personal assistance to individuals such as washing, toileting, dressing, meal provision, and feeding in accordance with clients’ individual care plans.
- Supervise service users taking medication as per Link Community Care policy.
- Accompany service users to hospital appointments.
- Provide sitting services with clients to enable their main carers to have time for themselves.
- Intervene appropriately to resolve situations arising out of challenging behaviours and report to your Line Manager any situation you feel may be a risk to clients or their carers.
- Act in a friendly and empathetic manner towards service users’ relatives and carers whilst ensuring confidentiality for the service user.
- Ensure that all work areas are left tidy.
Services Provided by Link Community Care
The agency provides calls at the four meal times of the day, and we have a respite service for carers requiring support to care for their loved ones.
Personal Care Includes
- Assistance out of bed
- Assistance into bed
- Assistance to wash/shower
- Hair care
- Assistance to dress
- Assistance with medication
- Assistance to use the toilet
- Skin/wound care
- Assistance to manage incontinence
- Stoma/catheter care
- Emptying commode
- Eye drops
- Mouth care
- Caring for frail elderly in bed
Nutritional Care
Provision of:
- Meals
- Special diet
- Snacks
- Drinks/supplements
- Assistance to eat and drink
- Safe food handling/storage
Practical Care
- Washing dishes
- Making bed
- Emptying commode
Respite Care
Respite services are available for carers and can be arranged to suit your requirements:
- Daytime sit service
- Waking night service
- Night-time sit service
Risk Activities Not Carried Out by Link Community Care Staff
- Performing catheterisation
- Giving injections
- Administering suppositories or enemas
- Ear syringing
- Cutting nails (diabetic clients)
- Lifting or moving heavy furniture or similar items
- Lifting a client who has fallen care workers must seek medical help and remain with the service user, ensuring they are warm and reassured until help arrives.
We do not allocate services or extend existing services. This is carried out by the Trust representative (Care Manager).
Administration
- Ensure adequate records are maintained and necessary reports, including untoward incidents, are produced.
- Have sound knowledge of the standards and specifications of the organisation to ensure a quality service.
Meetings and Training
- Attend regular staff meetings to review and plan work.
- Participate in a formal programme of supervision.
- Participate in in-service training and external courses deemed essential to carrying out the duties of the post in order to be competent in handling/responding to the particular needs of the client group.
Policies & Procedures
Have an awareness of all policies and procedures relevant to the post, including:
- Vulnerable Adult Policy
- Reporting unusual behaviour or deterioration in the health of service users to senior staff.
- Reporting any untoward incidents and complaints.
- Reporting any identified risk to clients, their homes, or staff.
Health & Safety
- Be aware of and act in accordance with Link Community Care Health & Safety Policy.
- Conduct all activities in a manner which is safe to yourself and others.
This job description is not definitive or restrictive and will be subject to periodic review in the light of developments.
It should be noted that the duties, designation, and location may be subject to change to meet the future needs of the organisation.
Skills:DOMICILIARY CARE WORKER CARE WORKER DOMICILIARY WORKER community care
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