SENIOR CARE ASSISTANT - BIRMINGHAM - £25000-£27000

NO SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED, MUST HAVE RIGHT TO WORK IN UK, MUST HAVE CAR AND UK DRIVERS LICENCE, MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR FULL TIME WORK

***NO SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE - WE HAVE NO JOBS WITH SPONSORSHIP ***

This is a full time role involving domiciliary care and office based work.

Duties

To work with other staff employed by the service and to assist in administration work - write and review assessments, produce staff shift rota, asssist to train junior staff, be involved in marketing and promotoing the business by doing leaflet drops/handouts, 50% care calls, be part of the on call rota
To help service users overcome any mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including helping in the use and care of aids and personal equipment
To care for service users in non-discriminatory ways, respecting each users dignity, individuality, cultural and social background and independence.
To provide personal care and support to people in their own homes in line with an agreed care and support plan.
To support junior care workers when required and offer guidance to improve standards of the work force.
To contribute to specialised care plans, eg for people with dementia, re-enablement or people with continence difficulties
To help users take their prescribed medication (as specified on their care plans)
Read and write reports, and take part in service users meetings and in training activities as directed
Complete to a good standard of English notes, journals, concerns, incident reports and meeting minutes
Report to the RM on any aspects of service user care which warrants urgent action
Comply with the services guidelines and policies at all times, eg in respect of dress code, wearing of identity badges, travelling and security and safeguarding of service users
Participate in and attend where possible team, staff and any other meetings to ensure shared learning, updates and other communications are understood.
Conduct spot checks, audits reviews with actions, record and review concerns & incidents on CLL and follow up actions and shared learnings.

Essential criteria

The job holder must be:

self-motivated, organised, caring
able to write and review assessments, care plans and preferably also be able to work the staff rota
able to follow care planning requirements and instructions
flexible in terms of availability, working hours, adaptability and be happy to do care work and administrative work in the office and go out marketing
have previous experience of care work
have their own car and UK drivers licence

Brayson Consulting Ltd

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