IANS Domiciliary Care Limited, part of Immigration And Nationality Services Limited (IANS) has been recently awarded by Hampshire County Council to provide Care and Support at Home to eligible Individuals living within a geographical zone area within Hampshire.
We are therefore looking to recruit 50 senior care assistants to join our team.
SUMMARY OF THE ROLE
To support the Senior Carers in all aspects of managing the delivery of services at Home, including taking temporary complete charge during the absence of the person in charge.
Principal duties and responsibilities
- To ensure service is delivered in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures and practices.
- To ensure that the Service User has a full understanding of what Care and Support at Home is and ensuring a Strength Based Approach is central to the nature of the service they are to receive.
- To ensure that the Service User has a full understanding of the number of hours allocated to them per week and how the use of these hours is to be negotiated between the Service User and the Provider, including times of delivery, where specific times for medication purposes are to be prioritised
- To support Service Users to achieve their defined outcomes as detailed in their Care Delivery Plan. These will include the personal activities of daily living such as personal care and communication and the instrumental activities of daily living such as meal preparation and mobility. It may also include support to Service Users to remove obstacles to community participation such as enabling the Service User to walk safely down their own path or steps which may be their first step to reintegration within the community.
- To proactively engage and liaise with other appropriate professionals or services to support a Service Users needs which could be facilitated through Adults’ Health and Care department (e.g. Telecare, Health Visitor, Dementia Advisors, Reablement, GPs, Health and Social Care Professionals, Meals on Wheels Services, Equipment Store, Housing Departments, Department of Work and Pensions, Citizen Advice Bureau etc).
- To act as community connectors using Connect to Support and by signposting and facilitating access to services that offer support with tasks such as shopping and prescription collection etc.
- To facilitating access to organisations that will support community integration and participation in activities that enhance the persons overall wellbeing.
- To carry out duties as assigned by the Registered Manager
- To attend induction, in-house training sessions and staff meetings
- To fully understand the importance of working in partnership with others i.e. understands why it is important to work in partnership with key stakeholders and professionals, advocates and others who are significant to the Service User.
- To be fully aware of attitudes and ways of working that help improve partnership with others and achieve better outcomes for the Service User
- To be fully aware of their responsibilities in relation to Safeguarding, Protection from Abuse, and their professional boundaries
Job requirements
- You must have a good basic education Level 3 in Health and Social care or equivalent NCFE Level 2 in Safe Handling of Medicines
- You must have a good general intelligence, clear reasoning ability, time management skills and able to multi task and with problem solving skills
- Ability to follow instructions at least 6 month's experience in a role caring for the elderly and with experience in working as a team member
- Good written and oral communication skills, empathy with residents and leadership skills
- Self-reliant, motivated, dependable, trustworthy, pleasant, manner able
- Flexible with regard to working hours and available in reasonable emergencies
We offer skilled worker visa sponsorship and so we welcome applications from overseas.
Job Type: Full-time
Date advertised : 01 January 2022
