Care Support Worker for Regulated Care in Coventry

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Care Support Worker

Salary: £13.45 – 14.12 Per Hour

Hours: Various

Accountability: To the Regulated Care Manager

Contract: Permanent

Location: Coventry

Job Purpose

Carers Trust Heart of England’s core aim is to support unpaid carers and their families by providing the highest possible quality services, information, advice, and support.

The provision of our Care Support Services enables us to meet our aims in supporting unpaid carers to have a life alongside their caring role and some much-needed respite time, by providing the highest standards of care and support to the person they look after.

Our Care Support Services provide help, assistance, and support to enable people to live as independently as possible in their own homes and to socialise in the community.

Care Support Workers assist with personal care, light domestic duties and sometimes shopping, as well as companionship and reassurance. They may also provide support outside of the home to enable attendance to GP / hospital appointments and access to opportunities within the community, such as visits to the opticians, hairdressers or place of worship.

Main aims of the post

• To provide support to carers and people with care needs including emotional support.

• To provide personal care.

• To carry out domestic tasks.

Duties to include

To assist with personal hygiene, for example helping the person with care needs to have a bath or shower, to go to the toilet or to care for their skin or hair.

• To assist with dressing / undressing, choice of clothes and personal appearance.

• To support the person with care needs with their medication.

• To assist with mobility including use of wheelchairs, hoists etc

• To assist with a therapeutic programme designed by a medical professional.

• To provide emotional support, companionship and a safe environment for those in need of supervision and help.

• To carry out basic first aid and summon emergency services.

To report any concerns about abuse or the welfare or safety of any adult or child there is contact with at work to a line manager / nominated person / person on call.

To undertake specialised tasks as agreed and after appropriate training, for example, administration of medication by specialised techniques, toe nail care and assistance with oxygen therapy.

To support the person with care needs with activities outside their home, for example community activities, shopping or attending medical appointments.

• To provide support with organised group activities for people with care needs.

• To prepare meals and drinks and provide assistance with eating / drinking.

To help clean the home for example: washing up, vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom and doing laundry.

• To look after pets.

Health and safety

To implement, operate and maintain safe systems of work in accordance with Carers Trust Heart of England’s policies, procedures and guidance, training and associated risk assessments.

To report to your manager any situations or issues for concern relating to significant foreseeable risks, incidents (including near misses) and / or accidents which give cause for concern in relation to safe systems of work (affecting your own health and safety or that of others affected by your work activities).

General

• To be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children.

• To work at all times within the philosophy and policies of Carers Trust Heart of England.

To comply with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and with Carers Trust Heart of England’s policy, paying particular attention to the reporting of dangerous situations.

To respect the personal choice and lifestyles of colleagues, carers, and people with care needs, ensuring that Equal Opportunity principles are applied at all times.

• To comply with the Code of Conduct.

• To undertake any other duties that may be considered commensurate with the level of the post and that are set out in the care plan.

OUR VISION

Carers Trust Heart of England's aim is to support carers and those they care for by providing high quality. individually tailored care support service that improves the liyes of carers, the people they care for and their famties supporting carers to five ther life well

OUR BEHAVIOURS &VALUES

The Trustees and staff of Carers Trust Heart of England recenty came together to collectively develop and agree a series of values and behaviour that each member of staff would adhere to. These values and behaviours can be seen below.

CORE VAILUES		CORE VAILUES
	CARERFOCUSED
	ONE TEAM	We gady share our tre and sds tor te beneft ot te whole organsatonwe ook arer others and appredate the support uey gve us We promote a posthve /happy wortng ennrrcnmant
	FLEXIELE AHOADAPTAELE TOCHANGE	we ort nerty to met the demands o tne servlce-we constnuctehy Implement new Ideaswe emtrace change and support orers to look to the tuture
	MOTIVATEO	-We valuefrecognse oursetes and otrersWe ernpower ourselves and others to be Innovate and enbrace new deasWe sten to others and strve to turn negatves Into postves
	OUALTYORIVEN	-We do everything to te best of oar abltywe emtrate kamng anddeeloprrentWe contnualy strtve torards deyerng an exceent serelce

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PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential	Desirable
Knowledge Understanding the importance of confidentiality	Understanding the needs ofthe service users
Experience	Experience of providing care.Experience of working withvulnerable adults and / or children
Skills and abilities• Able to develop good working relationships withcarers and people with care needs while 'maintainingappropriate personal boundaries.Able to work independently and take initiative whileworking within the organisation's polices, proceduresand guidance.Able to demonstrate a caring and compassionatenature. Able to demonstrate good verbal and writtencommunication skills.
Other• To be committed to safeguarding and promoting thewelfare of vulnerable adults and children.Able to work in the area covered in a time and costeffective manner. Drivers will only be permitted tocarry service users if they have held a driving licencefor at least one year and have no more than sixpoints on their licence.Applicants must be willing to undergo screeningappropriate to the post, including checks with pastemployers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Carers Trust is a registered charity in England (1057024) Registered as a company limited by guarantee in England No. 3206963.