Health Care Support Worker: Visa Sponsorship Available

Health Care Support Worker

 

The support worker will :

★ To work in a team that will promote services to a young man who is blind and deaf to remain independent in his own home.

★ A personal service which always meets the individuals personal need and respect confidentiality. You may also be required to work in any of our supported living services or outreach services.

★ Medication administration, Medication Audits

★ Duties and tasks will include the provision of personal, social, and enabling care and support to service users within their own home and in the community.

★ To provide the highest quality care to service users in their own homes in accordance with their support plan, in person-centred approach.

★ Support Worker work to promote service users to remain independent in their own homes. Our Support Workers deliver person centred care to our service users in the home and other venues, provide a reliable, personal service which always meets the individuals personal need and respect confidentiality.

JOB SPECIFICATION

● MUST BE BSL Hand on Hand signing trained.

● Personal care includes washing, dressing, bathing, toileting and medication monitoring and/or assistance.

● Outdoor support with activities, visiting farms and other social /community support

• Social duties include preparing and cooking meals, essential cleaning,

• To be aware of the personal needs and requirements of your service users, communicating successfully, not only with your service user, their family, friends and other healthcare professionals.

• Ensure that all care is completed within iCareServicesGroup/iCubeDALPro Limited Policies and Procedures, CQC Fundamental Standards and all contractual and legislative requirements.

• Any other duties that may be necessary to comply with the demands of the CQC or other legislative bodies.

• Maintain appropriate records to meet the needs of the service, observing and promptly reporting back any changes or concerns in your service user’s circumstances or condition.

• Contribute to and work effectively as part of a team.

• Deliver support in a manner which is sensitive to the service user’s culture, disability, race, age, sexuality, marital or civil partnership status, transgender status or religion/belief.

• Engage and work closely with unpaid carers, such as family or friends, for the benefit of the service user.

• Promote anti-discriminatory practice.

• Protect the confidentiality of service users and of iCareServicesGroup/iCubeDALPro Limited

• Promote the dignity and privacy of service users.

• Act promptly and appropriately to protect service users from neglect or abuse.

• Participate in staff development (including supervision), training and performance appraisals as required.

• At all times present a professional and caring image of iCareServicesGroup/iCubeDALPro Limited. and demonstrate behaviors reflective of iCareServicesGroup/iCubeDALPro Limited values.

• Any other duties as delegated by line managers.

Additional responsibilities Health and Safety As an employee of iCareServicesGroup/iCubeDALPro Limited.

The post holder has a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, to:

• Take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and all other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.

• Co-operate with their employer to ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation and the Health and Safety policies and procedures, not intentionally or recklessly interfere with, or misuse, anything provided in the interests of health, safety, or welfare, in pursuance of any of the relevant statutory provisions.

Data Protection The post holder must at all times respect the confidentiality of information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. This includes, if required to do so, obtain, process and/or use information held on a computer in a fair and lawful way, to hold data only for the specified registered purposes and to use or disclose data only to authorized persons or organizations as instructed.

Benefits:

• Company events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Referral programme
• UK visa sponsorship

Application question(s):

• MUST HAVE – Adequate knowledge of BSL -Hand on had signing- Client is registered Deaf and Blind

Language:

• British Sign Language- Hand on Hand sign (required)

Physical Setting:

• Extra care housing
• Homecare

Reference ID: iCareServicesGroup BSL1