Job Description

- To provide personal care for elderly residents in a residential/nursing home setting

- To ensure that the company's policies and procedures are diligently implemented

- Should be a team player and should work towards the success of the team

- Meet all regulatory guidelines are followed and implemented

- Qualification in care, Care Certificate, NVQ 2 desirable. Prior experience desirable.

- Passion for providing care

- Ambition to grow

- To ensure that appropriate individual care is given to each service user, in accordance with the Care Plans.

- To help service users with problems of mobility and other physical disabilities (e.g. incontinence), helping with the use of disability aids and caring for the same, where appropriate.

- To help with the organisation of social activities, and to participate in them to help promote service users' esteem and physical and mental well-being. To accompany service users on community visits where required and as duty rota's permit.

- To monitor service users' nutritional and dietary requirements

- To help with the setting up of the dining room / meal trays in readiness for meal-times.

- To help serve food, assisting service users with eating and drinking as required. To prepare light meals and snacks if required, liaising with kitchen staff as necessary.

- To help clear up the dining room after meals, ensuring all dirty cutlery, crockery etc are returned to the kitchen.

- To help make and change beds, and assist with light domestic duties such as tidying rooms, dusting, polishing, cleaning windows (internal surfaces) and emptying commodes as may be required.

- To care for service users who may be temporarily sick or needing special care procedures.

- To monitor service users' condition and report any changes to Senior Care Staff as necessary.

- To help maintain a safe and healthy environment in the Home with due regard to appropriate Food Hygiene and Health & Safety Regulations. To report all accidents to Senior Care Staff.

- To read and write reports, and to participate in staff and service users' meetings as appropriate.

- To support with any other activities relating to care of residents as requested by the supervising staff.

- To participate in training activities /courses, as directed by senior staff.

- To assist with End-of-Life Care for service users who are terminally ill.

- To undertake other duties, as necessary.

- Right to work in work in the UK. Sponsorhsip not available.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: 12.21 per hour

Expected hours: 33 per week

Benefits:

Free parking On-site parking Referral programme * Sick pay