Care Assistant John Wills House Part Time

The purpose of the Care Assistant role is to deliver person-centred care, to meet our care home residents' physical, emotional, social, nutritional, cultural, and spiritual needs. Working with the wider care home team, this role contributes to a holistic service that promotes the individual's dignity and independence and works within the regulatory and legislative frameworks. This is a part-time position, 28 hours per week, working over 4 shifts on a mixture of early and late shifts including alternate weekends.

Shift Times are:

• Early: 7am to 2.30pm
• Late: 2pm to 9.30pm

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivery of day-to-day holistic care for residents and meeting their unique needs, including personal care, assisting with mobility needs, medications (as appropriate to role), infection control, supporting residents with dementia, and end of life care.
• Changing bed linen, sorting laundry, safe disposal of clinical waste, managing stock levels and equipment such as wheelchairs.
• Working with volunteers, Wellbeing Coordinator, and therapy teams to provide and encourage meaningful activities.
• Building relationships with a range of stakeholders, including a key worker relationship with named residents.
• Assisting with nutrition and food choices, serving drinks, and assisting with eating/drinking.
• Accurate maintenance of records relating to care and regulatory needs.
• Active contribution in handovers, team meetings, and supervisions.

Skills and Experience:

• Strong communication skills, including writing notes and messages, and communicating with people with differing communication needs.
• Ability to analyse and evaluate information, adapt style and approach, structure tasks/activities, and pre-empt issues.
• Aware of cultural and individual differences in all interactions and service areas.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and build relationships of trust with others.

Essential Qualifications:

• Level 2 in Care (or equivalent qualification or experience).
• Ability to provide effective personal care with dignity.
• Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) level to include maths and English.
• Confident with using IT and a basic understanding of Word/Email.
• Awareness of older people's needs and some understanding of dementia.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Level 3 in Care (or willingness to work towards it).
• Experience of working with older people, those with a disability, and/or dementia.
• Knowledge of basic first aid, manual handling, and food and hygiene practices.
• Awareness of regulations/framework established in the CQC Essential Standards of Quality and Safety and the Mental Capacity Act.

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, meaning that any criminal conviction, including spent convictions, must be made known at the time of the application.