Casual Care Assistant

Human Resources & Development - Form 35 Version 15- Issued October 2022 JOB DESCRIPTION AND PARTICULARS OF APPOINTMENT ▪ Job Title: Care Assistant ▪ Post Number: 11168 ▪ Grade and SCP: Grade 4 ▪ Directorate: People /Casual care assistants Where your role fits at Shropshire Council As Shropshire Council we are rightly proud of our achievements and we have proven to be a resilient local authority in our response to the many challenges we overcome, particularly over recent years. We will be continuing this momentum with ambition and a focus on delivering our four key priorities outlined within the Shropshire Plan: Healthy People, Healthy Environment, Health Economy and Healthy Organisation. We are committed to achieving this by aligning everything we do to our vision 'Shropshire - living the best life'; to tell everyone that Shropshire Council is a great place to be. We will enable a skilled, happy, healthy, diverse, inclusive, empowered, and proud workforce that influences and leads change, addressing any inequalities. As a member of the Four Rivers Nursing Home team within Adult Services, you will support the achievement of these key priorities, making a real difference to the lives of people in Shropshire. Four Rivers is a nursing home located in the historic town of Ludlow. It provides residential nursing services to its residents. The role will involve working under the supervision of senior staff to deliver care to residents. This may include assisting with personal care, diet and fluids, helping people to move with use of equipment and meeting psychological and social needs Overview of your role The role will involve working under the supervision of senior staff to deliver care to residents. This may include assisting with personal care, diet and fluids, helping people to move with use of equipment and meeting psychological and social needs. Who will your manager be and what will you be responsible for? You will be: ▪ reporting to care home manager who is in turn responsible for your health and safety, training and development. ▪ expected to lead and/or contribute to a range of projects and build relations with both internal and external partners in order achieve specified outcomes but will not have direct authority over those involved. What will you be doing? 1. Support individuals in their daily living. This includes supporting individuals with their personal care needs, helping individuals to eat and drink and helping individuals to keep mobile. 2. Carry out and provide feedback on specific plan of care activities. 3. Communicate with colleagues, residents and their families and complete records for individuals. 4. Support individuals to manage continence, nutritional needs, hygiene needs and social needs. 5. Contribute to moving and handling individuals. 6. Promote choice, well-being and the protection of all individuals. 7. Contribute to the care of a dying individual. 8. Support the health and safety of yourself and individuals. 9. Ensure your own actions support the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of service users. 10 Develop your own knowledge and practice. 11. Support new residents and their families to orientation to the home. 12. Undertake your role in a professional manner, be courteous, respectful and well mannered towards all residents, colleagues and visitors to the home. 13. Support and contribute to the induction, training and orientation of new staff. The above duties are an illustrative outline and are not an exhaustive list. You will be expected to become involved in a range of work to enable the service to respond effectively to the changing requirements of the Council and changes affecting the workforce. What we expect of you You will: ▪ adopt a customer focused approach when delivering your service, ensuring engagement with service users and maintenance of an appropriate personal profile, ▪ act as an advocate for your service and work collaboratively with colleagues across the whole Council to meet the needs of the people of Shropshire, ▪ meet individual, service and personal development targets agreed through the Personal Development Review Process, learn from experience and are committed to continuous improvement individually and as an employee of the Council, ▪ work with colleagues to meet your team's key performance indicators, support a culture of team working and ensure the team functions successfully in support of the Council's corporate and service objectives. ▪ meet the behaviours and competencies adopted by the Council in the way in which they achieve their objectives and carry out their work. What are your conditions of Service The conditions of service are those laid down by Shropshire Council, which have been adopted and amended as necessary from those laid down by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services. You will be based at Four Rivers Nursing Home, Ludlow, but you may occasionally be asked to work at alternative location or undertake online training at home Your post is subject to the following: ▪ The post is permanent, for 26-32.5 hours per week, but casual post also available. ▪ Shift times are 07.30-1430 and 1430-2130 or 2130-0730 This post carries eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme. Information about this will be sent with any formal offer of appointment. Annual leave entitlement is as follows: In accordance with the working time directive, you will accrue an entitlement to annual leave, in direct proportion to the hours you work, with effect from appointment. The appointment is subject to one month's notice in writing on either side. The appointment is subject to six months' satisfactory probationary service during which time the notice period will be one week on either side. Smoking is not allowed in Council buildings, in Council vehicles or in any Council place of work. It is a condition of your appointment that you provide a suitable vehicle for the performance of your duties and that this is readily available for use during normal working hours. You are entitled to claim for reimbursement of the costs of travel on council business at the rate of 45 pence per mile. What pre-employment checks will we undertake? The appointment is subject to receipt of the following pre-employment checks; 1. Satisfactory employment references, 2. Medical report, 3. Evidence of the qualifications required for the post/listed on your application form, This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such all applicants who are appointed to this post will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed. This check will include details of cautions, reprimands or warnings as well as convictions and non-conviction information. Once appointed, the successful applicant(s) will also be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure at pre-determined intervals during the course of their employment whilst in this post.