CRC Residential Care Night Support Worker

CRC Residential Care Night Support Worker About the job CRC Residential Care Night Support Worker

1. PURPOSE OF JOB

Under the general direction of the Registered Manager to provide personal care, basic health care and practical support as determined by assessed needs, to enable individuals to live as independently as possible in their care setting. This will involve providing services to encourage service user functional rehabilitation.

2. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Service Delivery

b) Functional

• To provide a service that is responsive to the needs of the service users.
• To ensure that effective working relationships are developed and maintained, which are relevant to service needs, both within the team and with external agencies.
• To ensure accessible and responsive communication with staff, service users, the general public and others as appropriate.
• With the Registered Care Manager and other senior staff to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of relevant legislation, the Councils policies and objectives.

Service User Care

• To provide essential holistic care and support to meet service users physical and psychological needs and to promote the continuing spiritual, family and social life of service users, including helping them to maintain social interaction with the family, friends and the community in line with their wishes.
• Develop appropriate and professional relationships with service users and carers, which value them as individuals, including establishing and maintaining effective communication. To promote and maintain person-centred service.
• Keep up to date written records regarding individual service users as required and in order to provide information which can contribute to care planning and assessment
• To maintain high standards of confidentiality at all times
• In accordance with the individual service users care/service plan to provide personal care and basic nursing care to individuals, following instruction and recognised training received. This may include, for example, help with:
• Getting up/putting to bed
• Personal hygiene
• Use of toilet/commode
• Catheter care including stoma and sheath care
• Assisting with prostheses (false legs/eyes etc)
• Application of simple dressings
• Foot and hand care
• Basic nursing care during illness and terminal illness
• Health promotion
• Person centred support for those living with dementia
• Assisting residents to eat and drink which include preparation of simple snacks and beverages
• To operate safely (and after training) appropriate equipment, for example: bathing and lifting equipment.
• Provide personal and practical care to all service users regardless of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, impairment, age, HIV status, or any other health condition. This will include the provision of First Aid assistance should it be necessary.
• To monitor the general health and wellbeing of service users for any signs of deterioration and report to other staff at handover or appropriate medical or nursing practitioner in the case of emergency, so that early intervention can be provided and preventable measures taken.
• Assist service users with medication with Council Policy and pre-set procedures.
• Work with individual service users, enabling them to maximise their independence.
• To assist in maintaining the general appearance of the living environment and support the general cleaning and preparation of designated communal areas to the required standard. This includes the operation of e.g. vacuum cleaners.
• To be able to respond to emergency situations in accordance with procedures.
• To ensure that all security, fire and call systems are operational and be prepared to undertake security checks of the care home in accordance with procedures.
• To participate in the quality assurance monitoring system.

Working in a team

• Regular contact is to be maintained with all service users and their carers (as appropriate), to ensure that care plans are being carried out…