Job Description

Job Title: Care Assistant

Responsible to: Senior Care Assistant

Accountable to: Home Manager

Purpose of the Role:

To ensure that service users' physical, personal, psychological, spiritual and cultural needs are met, whilst promoting personal and physical independence and choice.

Key Tasks:

To assist in the direct care of all aspects of the service users' assessed needs, which may include;

Helping with the admission of new service users, including helping them to settle in, introducing them to other people and listing of their property and clothing.

Assisting people in washing, bathing, dressing and undressing.

Assisting people with their toileting needs, including continence promotion.

Helping with mobility difficulties, which will include use of equipment, once trained.

Supporting people with any communication difficulties including use of hearing aids and glasses.

Participating in basic the delivery of care under the supervision of the senior e.g. bathing in bed, pressure area, mouth care, and eye care.

Assisting with mobility, including use of mobility aids e.g. hoists and stand aids, where appropriate.

Answering emergency bells

Reading care files to be aware of individual needs and writing reports in case notes, as required.

Completing other records including fluid, nutrition, personal hygiene and repositioning charts.

Taking part in staff meetings.

Changing beds, tidying bedrooms and wardrobes and emptying commodes.

Light cleaning duties, as necessary.

Undertaking the role of key worker to a number of service users.

Welcoming all visitors professionally and warmly.

Answering the telephone, taking clear written messages and passing to the correct person in a timely way.

Undertaking any other duties as required, in order to keeping the care home

running smoothly, as delegated by senior staff or Home Manager.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 12.21 per hour

Ability to commute/relocate:

Houghton le Spring DH4 5EH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person