home care worker
Responsibility
- about Us
- you can find out more about our organisation and our impact at www.weareac.org
- communicate effectively with service users, families and multi-disciplinary teams, record appropriate care notes and create a safe, positive and enabling environment
Show more +26 - job Purpose
- job title: Relief Worker | Care at Home Service
- our Care at Home team is looking for caring, compassionate and motivated people to join their growing team
- our organisation exists to support anyone and everyone who is facing difficulty and we provide a wide range of life-changing services including support to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, have experienced abuse, are at risk of violence, are at high financial risk, struggling with mental health issues, struggling with substance addiction, social exclusion or involved in the justice system
- work on their own and as part of teams, both within Aberdeen Cyrenians and with partnership organisations
- the role offers agreed flexibility in your hours of work
- responsible to: Team Leaders and Service Manager
- maximise their own performance and contribution
- hours of work: This role offers flexible working including mornings, evenings and weekends
- we will offer you extensive training to support your development in your role to enable a great sense of job satisfaction
- ensure they comply with internal and external regulations, procedures and other requirements pertaining to the service
- job activities
- maintain the good reputation of the organisation
- location: Field-based working across all three localities of Aberdeen City
- keep abreast of developments and legislation relevant to the service’s range of activities
- seek to improve their knowledge and skills by both formal and informal means
- carry out other relevant work commensurate with the post as required
- aims, values and behaviours
- an understanding of palliative and end-of-life care
- aberdeen Cyrenians have provided front-line services and care in the North East for over 50+ years, empowering vulnerable and socially excluded people, to overcome their personal challenges, make informed choices and move towards positive outcomes, promoting dignity, inclusiveness and equality throughout communities
- to be respectful of and work in accordance with the core values and behaviours of the organisation
- an understanding of working with vulnerable elderly people
- to provide input into the care and support plans alongside the service user
- team meeting attendance
- to take responsibility for the safe handling of property and equipment belonging to the service user
- working to a person-centred and enabling approach
Requirements
- to observe and promote the service user’s choice, independence, dignity, privacy, fulfilment and other rights
- to actively support other Support Practitioners
- to understand the physical, emotional, cultural, and social needs of the service users, including a wide range of needs, illnesses and disabilities
Show more +4 - to undertake the tasks detailed in the service user’s care and support plan using trauma-informed practices
- to provide a wide range of domiciliary care including personal and continence care, managing medication, household tasks and meal preparation as agreed in individual care plans
- to encourage the independence and motivation of the service user and foster improved levels of self-sufficiency
- to use manual handling equipment safely and correctly
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