Whitworth Care Trust

WHITWORTH CARE TRUST

JOB DESCRIPTION

POST:Care Assistant– Days and Nights

SERVICE AREA:Older Peoples Services – Whitworth Care Trust

SALARY:£6.50 per hour (nights)

JOB PURPOSE: To deliverhigh quality care and support services to

Residents

To contribute to the effective running of the home

To work within the requirements of Care Quality

Commission Standards

Support the Care and Support Manager as required in their duties as Registered Manager

RESPONSIBLE TO:Care and Support Manager or Deputy Manager

RESPONSIBLE FOR: None

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To assist and meet all the needs of residents in line with their individual care and risk plans:
Physical health and well being
Emotional health and well being
Intellectual health and well being
Self-care and independence
Lifestyle choices and preferences

To assist residents with all aspects of their daily personal care needs, including washing, dressing, toileting and feeding.

To promote a client centred approach to all aspect of residents care, and promote independence.

To contribute to ensuring that all care and risk plans are in place, current,

effective and implemented.

To continually assess residents to ensure their changing needs are recorded and met.

To ensure accurate record keeping in all aspects of residents care, safety and relevant statutoryrequirements.

To support clients with medication in line with the medication policy, once deemed competent.

To promote and facilitate social activities. To ensure customers are well informed, and are offered opportunities for involvement and consultation.

To ensure all health and safety requirements are adhered to including the reporting of all accidents / incidents. To report any Health and Safety issues as they are observed.

To contribute to the effective running of the home, reporting and where appropriate dealing with any issues relating to the facilities.

To assist in the preparation, cooking and serving of food in compliance with food hygiene standards.

To assist in ensuring that rooms and communal facilities are properly cleaned and maintained.

To assist with laundry duties.

To establish and maintain effective working relationships with external agencies, engaging and consulting with them in order to develop and improve the delivery of services to our residents.

To develop and maintain a thorough working knowledge of the Whitworth Care Trustpolicies and procedures, working practices and equipment and to comply with these.

To work within the requirements of Care Quality Commission Standards.

To work flexibly within the team to ensure the needs of all residents are met.

To embrace and adopt Calico’s behavioural styles.

To undertake such duties, including training, as may be required and which are commensurate with the salary grading for the post.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

POST: Care Assistant – Days and Nights

Selection Criteria / Essential (E)
Desirable (D) / Source of Evidence
Qualifications
Professional Qualifications at NVQ level 2 or equivalent / D / Application & Certificate
First Aid Certificate / D / Application / Certificate (s)
Experience
Working with older or vulnerable people / E / Application & Interview
Working with residents with dementia / D / Application & Interview
Providing services to diverse groups / D / Application & Interview
Delivering personal care / E / Application & Interview
Working in a residential setting / D / Application & Interview
Motivating People / E / Interview
Build confidence, relationships and trust / E / Interview
Responsibility for achieving individual and team targets / E / Application & Interview
Skills & Knowledge
Able to demonstrate an understanding of the needs of older people / E / Interview
Understanding of working with Care Quality Commission Regulations and Standards / E / Application and Interview
Understanding of working with care and risk plans / D / Application and Interview
Excellent communication, both verbal & in writing / E / Application & Interview
Ability to maintain accurate & up to date records / E / Application & Interview
Ability to manage own time and prioritise / E / Application & Interview
Ability to maintain and develop effective working relationships with external agencies / D / Application & Interview
Takes a flexible approach to role and tasks / E / Interview
Ability to work on own initiative & in a team / E / Interview
Create a positive & innovative atmosphere / E / Interview
Facilitation of social events & activities / D / Application & Interview
Behavioural Styles
Passionate about residents / E / Interview
Rising to the challenge / E / Interview
Committed to the organisation / E / Interview
Maximising potential / E / Interview

THIS ROLE IS ELIGIBLE FOR A DBS CHECK

BEHAVIOURS:
The following behaviours describe how we expect staff to go about their work in a day to day basis. These behaviours help to create a workplace where everyone who works with Calico has the opportunity to learn and grow their talents in an environment where they feel valued and supported and where their efforts are rewarded and recognised. These behaviours will be assessed during the interview stage.
Passionate about customers
Customer focus is at the heart of what we do at Calico. This can be whether you deal with customers who live in our neighbourhoods or internal customers from other teams or partner organisations.
Rising to the challenge
Calico is an ambitious organisation that is determined to keep improving. This means that every member of staff should be supported to work at a pace and level that enables us to bring about the positive changes we want to achieve.
Committed to Calico
We all need to get the best out of our time at work and also put the best of ourselves into the work we do. To make sure we continue to achieve as an organisation we need dedicated staff to keep us moving forward.
Maximising Potential
There are always opportunities for us to work smarter, not harder, and that’s exactly what we need to do to make sure everybody achieves their potential. This means showing a willingness to try new things and put things right where necessary.
Inspiring leadership
We need confident managers who communicate honestly and appropriately, who lead by example and deliver on promises. They need to motivate, support, challenge and reward their teams to achieve high performance and coach their staff to unlock and develop their full potential / E
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Method of Assessment

A Application form

IInterview

P Presentation

W Written Exercise

SSkills test

CProduction of Certificate