Community Care Assistant

We are seeking caring and reliable Health Care Assistants to join our dedicated team, supporting people to live independently in their own homes

To provide personal, practical and emotional care to Service User’s living in their own homes, in order to help them remain in their own homes while it is still safe to do so

To encourage Service User’s to reach and maintain an optimum level of independence

This rewarding role offers training, development opportunities, and a chance to make a real difference every day

Caring teams in and around Cockermouth
, Whitehaven
, Maryport
, Penrith
, Keswick
, Workington
, Wigton
, Aspatria
, Silloth and Carlisle

During the probation period the hourly rate is £12.71, then itwill increase to a base rate of £13.45 per hour

You’ll be expected to work on a variety of different shifts on a set rota basis across the week and you must be available for weekends

Morning calls start around 6:45am and evening calls finish around 10pm

• 40p per mile mileage allowance
• Paid travel time
• No experience required - full training will be provided, including Care Certificate and Diplomas

Communication
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With Service User’s, their relatives or Advocates. With other members of the Bellcare team. By understanding and complying with care plans and fact finding for purpose of Care Planning. By completing the Service User’s Daily Log in the correct manner

Provision of personal care
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To provide personal care for Service User’s according to the care plan in a professional manner, while maintaining the Service User’s dignity

Food and meal provision
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To provide Service User’s with a healthy balanced meal of their choice, in accordance with the care plan, taking into account any special dietary needs

Domestic duties
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To provide Service User’s withlight domestic help in accordance with the careplan and the Service User’s wishes.

Domestic help is identified as vacuuming, dusting,cleaning kitchens, cleaning bathrooms and laundry

Social support
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To provide Service User’s with assistance to maintain and develop recreational interests and hobbies. To encourage Service User’s to maintain and develop relationships with families and friends

Staff Meetings, Training and Appraisals

Understanding of Bellcare’s Policies and Procedures

Compliance with Health and Safety Standards

Team On-Call
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Team On-call duties will be a requirement after the end of the probationary and Junior Care Worker periods.

To be a central point for information gathered and reported, as instructed in the Team On-Call Protocol and to pass information on also as instructed.

To provide a support service for team colleagues,by holding a central team mobile phone.

To record accurate messages in the On-Call diary.

To arrange to pass on the information pack andphone to the next person allocated for Team on-call duty.

To assist managers to arrange to cover for staff absences as reported during the designated on-call period.

• Respect for the service users and work colleagues
• Respects confidentiality
• Effective use of time available / punctual
• Responsible
• Communicator
• Listener
• Professional
• Genuine Job Interest
• Team player

Details of any required supervision
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Supervision will be constant for new employees, until the member of Staff has been proven to be competent. After the probationary period supervision will take place at least once every 3 months. Unannounced supervisions are carried out routinely with no advance notice.

Working relationships
: A Health Care Assistant is part of a team providing care to Service User’s but is also required to be a lone worker for the majority of the time. Other members of the team include other Health Care Assistants, Senior Carers, Area Coordinators and Managers. A Community Health Care Assistants first point of contact will normally be the Senior Carer or Area Coordinator, but all members of the management team are available if you have a problem or query.

Maintainance records
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Health Care Assistants are required to complete the Service User’s daily log (record sheet) on every visit, before leaving the Service User’s home. These daily logs are checked on a weekly basis by…