Carer - Domiciliary care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

To provide domiciliary care to service users in their day-to-day lives, enabling them to live more fulfilling lives whilst helping them remain in their own home by providing high-quality person-centred care, supporting the service user to undertake, a wide range of care needs, taking into account their individual personality and lifestyle choices.

You will encourage and support service users in their day-to-day lives, enabling them to live more fulfilling lives whilst helping them remain in their own home by providing high-quality person centred care.

You will be responsible for, a wide range of care needs, or supporting the service user, taking into account their individual personality and lifestyle choices.

This role will require the Caregiver to be flexible and to work a range of shift patterns including alternate weekends.

You will be kind, caring and compassionate and be passionate about making a difference to the quality of life for our service users.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The role of a Caregiver is varied and largely depends on the service users you’re working with. These duties include:

• Providing high quality person centred care to service users in their own homes in accordance with their support plan
• Providing personal care duties such as washing, dressing, bathing, toileting and medication monitoring and/or assistance with these activities
• Administering medications
• Shopping and meal preparation support
• Supporting with domestic, daily living tasks including cleaning
• Helping service users to access the community, socialise and undertake leisure activities
• Manual handling, using equipment where required
• Promoting service users health and wellbeing, independence and enabling them to live their life to the fullest
• Being flexible to work a range of shift patterns including alternate weekends
• Maintaining appropriate records to meet the needs of the service, observing and promptly reporting changes or concerns in your service user’s circumstances or condition.
• Treating service users with dignity and respect, communicating effectively to meet their diverse needs

 MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL ROLES

The post holder has a responsibility to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk and will be trained to the appropriate level as determined by the post. 

The post holder is expected to demonstrate the values of Bromley Healthcare including;

• Constantly improve our services
• Treat others as we would like to be treated
• Hit our targets

The post holder is expected to work within the requirements of the 6 C’s – Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment.

The post holder is expected to comply with all Bromley Healthcare’s relevant policies, procedures and guidelines; including the appropriate code (s) of conduct associated with this post.

The job description reflects the immediate requirements and objectives of the post. This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, as directed by the line manager. This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.

 CAREGIVER

 PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualfications:

NVQ 2 or willing to work towards Diploma in Health and Social Care Care Certificate - Desirable

Training:

Willingness to participate in training relevant for this post including the Care Certificate - Essential

Specific Skills

Using your skills to make a real difference to service users and their families at a very difficult time in their lives - Essential

Excellent listening skills and an ability to build up a rapport with people - essential

Respect for individuals, regardless of their race, gender, culture - Essential

An understanding of the importance of confidentiality - Essential

A friendly, caring and sensitive approach - Essential

Full, clean Driving Licence - Desirable

Experience

Previous experience of working within a care environment - Essential

Ability to learn new skills and gain new experience - Essential

Ability to use own initiative - Essential

Ability to communicate effectively - Essential

Information Technology

IT literate - Essential

Experience of using electronic recording systems - Desirable

Experience of using electronic rostering systems - Desirable