Senior Care Support Worker

Placed: 20/01/18
Region: Merseyside
Location: Liverpool
Category: Jobs


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LOCAL SOLUTIONS
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**JOB DESCRIPTION**

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Position: Senior Care Support Worker
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Responsible To: Deputy Operational Manager
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**Responsible For: ** Responsible for mentoring care support workers, dealing with breakdowns in the community, starting new care packages, completing observations and supervision in the community to ensure a safe, effective and quality caring service is delivered.

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JOB PURPOSE
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* Deliver a safe, effective, quality and caring service, ensuring all tasks are carried out in line with the needs, wishes and preferences of the individual, following the care plan.

* Provide direct personal/domestic care in accordance with the service users assessed needs, for example:-

* Assisting/supporting with personal hygiene and appearance, i.e. toileting, bathing
* Preparing/cooking meals and assisting with feeding where necessary

* Undertaking routine domestic and household tasks

* Shopping, collecting pensions and prescriptions
* Prompting/administrating medication under the direction of medical professionals and/or manufacturers guidance
* Deliver specialised care services, i.e., Stoma, Peg and Catheter care

* Act as a role model to care support workers, promoting best practice in all duties.

* Encourage and support care support workers, providing advice, support and feedback to the care support workers and office.

* Respond and attend to any breakdowns of care delivery/emergencies in community.

* Respond to and attend new care packages, including a handover of the service to care support workers.

* Complete medication audits, observations and spot checks in the community.

* Mentor new team members through the initial 12 week induction period.

* Develop positive relationships with service users, family members and other team members.

* Contribute to/attend service user review meetings.

**CORE RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Working with teams and Staff**

To ensure that:

* Where necessary, issues are reported upwards and downwards to ensure that action is planned and its implementation monitored.

* All members of every team are kept informed on relevant issues

**General**

* Uphold and promote the company values.

* To carry out any other duties appropriate to this post, as necessary or as requested.

* To ensure that all activities within area of responsibility comply with the Health and Safety Policy.

* To implement Local Solutions Equality and Diversity Policies and Strategies ensuring that all practices and procedures are in accordance with good equality and diversity practice and that staff are aware of equality and diversity considerations in respect of their duties.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

** *QUALIFICATIONS* **

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* NVQ/QCF LEVEL 3 IN CARE AND/OR EQUIVALENT

** *EXPERIENCE* **

* DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY DOMICILARY CARE SERVICES
* TEAM LEADING/SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE (PREFERRED)
* DELIVERING SPECIALISED CARE SERVICES; STOMA, PEG AND CATHETER CARE

** *SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE* **

* PASSIONATE ABOUT CARE
* EXCELLENT CARING SKILLS
* GOOD ATTENTION TO DETAIL
* GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS
* LEADERSHIP SKILLS
* TEAM PLAYER
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** *OTHER* **

* ESSENTIAL CAR DRIVER USER
* BE ABLE TO WORK SHIFT PATTERNS

Price / Salary: Contracted Hours - Block Pay