Domiciliary Care Assistant enriching lives

St Monica Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 14,000; Part time

Job summary

A community care organization in Bristol is seeking compassionate staff to provide one-on-one support for residents. The role involves delivering personal care, maintaining care plans, and facilitating resident activities. Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills, empathy for older individuals, and the ability to handle challenging situations in a professional manner. A clean driving license and business insurance are required for using company vehicles.

Qualifications

• Understanding the needs of older people including dementia and complex care needs.
• Ability to attend to personal care needs including helping with food, bathing, toileting.

Responsibilities

• Provide and deliver comprehensive care and support service including personal care.
• Ensure social support of residents, encouraging participation in meaningful activities.
• Maintain and review resident care plans and paperwork.

Skills

Communication

Customer service skills

Analytical thinking

Adaptability

Education

Care certificate or willingness to work towards it

Good IT skills (Microsoft packages)

Job description

Overview

Enriching Lives is a branch of Domiciliary Care. Staff providing this Service are required to support individuals on a one to one basis focusing on enabling residents within our Village Settings to access the wider community and to pursuit activities of their choice. The successful applicant will be required to drive SMT Vehicles and also be happy to use their own vehicles, if necessary. All staff need to be on SMT Driver Database therefore, a clean Licence and business Insurance is essential. Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate a genuine interest and enthusiasm in supporting people to maximise their independence and achieve positive outcomes.

Details

Number of Positions available: 2

Hours: 20 hours per week

Hourly rate: £12.87 per hour

Responsibilities

• Provide and deliver a comprehensive care and support service including all elements of personal care and hygiene, while maintaining independence and dignity at all times.
• Ensure the social support of residents – encouraging and facilitating their interests and meaningful activities.
• Assist where required in resident's health and well-being including nutrition, medication/creams, mobility, shopping/health appointments and supporting their visitors.
• Formulate, review and maintain resident care plans and paperwork.
• Work in line with regulatory bodies and SMT policies (e.g., GDPR, CQC, HSE, Local Authority expectations).
• Build and maintain positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across and externally to St Monica Trust.
• Undertake housekeeping and laundry duties as necessary for the resident.

Skills and Experience

• Communication: write notes and messages; numeracy, literacy and verbal skills; communicate with people with differing communication needs.
• Encourage and influence; understand and follow instructions and procedures; strong customer service skills; mixed methods and mediums of communication.
• Thinking style: analyses and evaluates given information; adapts style to situation; structures tasks; pre-empts issues and trouble-shoots; refers decisions to line manager; identifies learning and development areas for colleagues; suggests new ways of working.

Well-being and Values

• Demonstrate interest, care and attention; create a positive impression; reliable, dependable and professional.
• Collaborate with residents to tailor service to meet individual needs; promptly respond to or refer to team leader/line manager issues of residents or colleagues' health or well-being.
• Aware of cultural and individual differences in all interactions and service areas; understand the needs of older people and people with dementia (including willingness to learn).

Working with Others

• Work effectively as part of a team and build relationships of trust with others (team, residents and their family & friends).
• Manage exposure to challenging situations while maintaining professionalism.

Other Skills and Qualifications

• Essential: Understanding the needs of older people, including dementia and complex care needs; ability to attend to personal care needs including helping with food, bathing, toileting; good IT skills (Microsoft packages); Care certificate or willingness to work towards Care Certificate.
• Desirable: First Aid, food hygiene and Manual Handling.

Additional Information

Duties must be carried out in compliance with St Monica Trust's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. This role profile contains the principal accountabilities relating to this post and does not describe in detail all the duties required to carry them out.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and this means that any criminal conviction, including spent convictions, must be made known at the time of the application.

Enriching Lives is a branch of Domiciliary Care. Staff providing this Service are required to support individuals on a one to one basis focusing on enabling residents within our Village Settings to access the wider community and to pursuit activities of their choice. The successful applicant will be required to drive SMT Vehicles and also be happy to use their own vehicles, if necessary. All staff need to be on SMT Driver Database therefore, a clean Licence and business Insurance is essential. Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate a genuine interest and enthusiasm in supporting people to maximise their independence and achieve positive outcomes.