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As a Care Assistant, you will be responsible for assisting the nursing and other care staff to implement the care plans of our discharge to assess and dementia patients at Schoen Clinic York. The nursing staff will decide the detailed care plans in conjunction with best practice (e.g., NICE guidelines), and the Care Assistants will participate in the development and implementation of daily activities to support the care plans.

Support service users with activities of daily living including mealtimes, continence support, dressing, personal care.

Work within the Health and Safety policies in accordance with Schoen Clinic guidelines;

Demonstrate awareness of safeguarding principles in all dealings with service users and their families

Complete all relevant paperwork as required and without delay, including reporting incidents where appropriate.

Provide compassionate and quality led care during activities.

Our culture of world-class medical excellence is based on our five key values:

Accountable:Taking ownership of the things I say and do

Caring:Treating others as I would like to be treated

Collaborative:Working together to make a winning team

Courageous:Being proud to be different and challenge the norm

Determined:Seeing things through to meet and exceed expectations

Schoen Clinic York is a highly specialised Hospital for adults in the North of England. We are currently based on the ground floor of Minster Grange as an eating disorder hospital, and in September 2024 we expanded to cover the full building with other service lines including Dementia care and Discharge to Assess. We are situated just off Haxby Road which is 10 minutes drive from York Train Station and 4 miles from the A64.

Work within an awareness of NICE/ CQC guidelines.

To support service users with activities of daily livingincluding mealtimes, continence support, dressing, personal care.

Provide compassionate and quality led care during activities.

Complete all relevant paperwork as required and without delay,including reporting incidents where appropriate.

To work within the Health and Safety policies in accordance withSchoen Clinic guidelines;

Demonstrate awareness of safeguarding principles in all dealingswith service users and their families (where appropriate);

As per the needs of Schoen Clinic, help colleagues and supportother on-site services.

Workcollaboratively to provide support to the Nurses and other colleagues.

• NVQ level 2

• Able to maintain professional boundaries with service users
• Experience in IT systems
• Experience working as a Carer/Care Assistant

• Must be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills
• Must be able to ensure safe practice
• To demonstrate an awareness and commitment to equality and diversity
• Previous experience in a care or other setting providing support to people with dementia.
• Knowledge of MHA & MCA
• Knowledge of safeguarding

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.