Carer/Driver

Portsmouth City Council; East Hampshire; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization is seeking a Care Assistant/Driver to support older people with dementia and high dependency needs at the Royal Albert Centre. The role involves personal care, activity planning, and transporting service users. Candidates must demonstrate patience, communication skills, and hold a full driving license. Benefits include a commitment to safeguarding and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a caring role as a formal paid or unpaid carer required.
• Ability to converse in accurate spoken English is essential.
• Good written skills to record service users' information.

Responsibilities

• Look after the physical, emotional, cultural and social needs of service users.
• Assist service users with their meals and drinks.
• Drive and escort service users to and from the unit and on planned trips.

Skills

Patience

Understanding of dignity and privacy

Flexibility and adaptability

Good communication skills

Ability to follow policy and procedures

Education

Basic knowledge of IT systems

Full driving license

Job description

Care Assistant/Driver

Salary: Band 4 - £25,201 - £26,473 p.a. (£20,433 - £21,464 pro rata for 30 hours)

1 x 30 hours per week Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 08:00 - 16:00pm

1 x 30 hours per week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 08.00 - 16.00pm

Please indicate on your application which role you are applying for.

What is the role

Royal Albert Centre is a day centre offering innovative day care for older people with dementia and high dependency needs. It is an exciting place to be for service users and staff and has the facilities to promote healthy living and wellbeing to enable older people to maintain independent living.

Using a person-centred approach, you will look after the physical, emotional, cultural and social needs of service users. This will include personal care, assisting service users with their meals and drinks and all aspects of daily living. Part of your role will involve activity planning and provision, thus promoting individual mental health and wellbeing.

You will be key worker to specific individuals taking responsibility to record and communicate to the assistant managers to ensure all care plans are updated and current.

This role will also include driving and escorting service users to and from the unit and out on planned trips.

You will be looking after the needs of a diverse group of service users with a wide range of care needs and this will include some moving and handling and personal care duties.

Who is the person?

You will have patience and an understanding of the importance of individuals dignity, privacy and choice when meeting the needs of older people who have a diagnosis of dementia/cognitive impairment. With a basic knowledge of IT systems, the ability to converse at ease with service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post. With experience in a caring role as a formal paid or unpaid carer you will be flexible and adaptable to be able to take part in bus driving and escort duties. With good written skills to record service users information, you will be able to deal with emergencies in a calm manner whilst being able to follow policy and procedures such as medication administration, health and safety etc. A full driving licence. D1 category desirable but not essential and the ability to pass the MIDAS minibus test is essential to enable you to undertake the role (to be eligible for the MiDAS you must be 21 years of age or older).

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

About Portsmouth City Council

What we can offer you

• Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
• Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage.
• Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
• Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.

Additional Information

The offer of permanent employment remains conditional on the successful completion of the D1 test and it is expected that this will be passed within the first 6 months of your probationary period.

How to apply

Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found at Equality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal. We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under one of our commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however for roles that receive a large number of applications, this is not always possible, and we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Contact

If you require any support in completing the application form please contact [e-mail] or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800.