Care Assistant

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Reference No. HJC
05CA
1706

Reports to:

Senior Care Assistant/ Care Coordinator/ Line Manager

Location:

Northern Ireland

Salary: £12.82 per hour

Contracted

Hours:

37.50 hours / week

At Harley Jai Care, we believe that exceptional care starts with a compassionate heart and expert hands. Based in Northern Ireland, we are a newly registered home care provider with a fresh approach to delivering personalised, high-quality care. We are now offering supported living in Belfast, Crumlin, Ballymena, Ballymoney, and the Causeway region, and are seeking dedicated and compassionate Care Assistants to provide care and support to individuals with complex needs, learning disabilities, and challenging behaviour.

Although our company is new, our foundation is built on years of expertise. Our founder is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in the healthcare sector, bringing a wealth of knowledge and a deep commitment to excellence in home care.

We are on a mission to create a dedicated team of care professionals who share our passion for making a real difference in people’s lives. If you’re looking for a rewarding career in care, join us and be part of a company that values its people as much as the clients we serve.

The Care Assistant will provide high-quality personal care and housing support services to individuals with complex needs, learning disabilities and/or challenging behaviour. The goal is to support them in leading fulfilling, integrated lives within their communities. All care and support must be provided in alignment with the organisation’s core values, customer service standards, and guidelines, ensuring a compassionate and person-centred approach at all times.

Care Assistant will work collaboratively with service users and the staff team and is expected to proactively challenge any harmful, abusive, discriminatory, or exploitative behaviour or practices that may place service users at risk, ensuring their safety and dignity at all times.

This role involves working with individuals who may have complex needs, including a potential forensic background. Due to the nature of their disabilities, some service users may exhibit behaviours that challenge, which may be directed towards themselves, other service users, or staff. As such, it is crucial to carefully consider your skills, experience, and personal qualities are suited to working in this environment.

Note: The right candidate may be eligible for sponsorship.

• Provide intimate personal care to service users, ensuring their independence is promoted, and maintaining appropriate levels of privacy and dignity at all times.
• Assist service users in accessing and engaging in a wide range of activities, including recreational, educational, leisure, and spiritual pursuits, fostering social inclusion and integration within their local community.
• Collaborate in the planning, development, and implementation of individual care and support plans with service users, incorporating any professional recommendations, and actively participate in reviews and meetings related to these plans.
• Support service users in the management and day-to-day running of their home, helping them to develop essential life skills and empowering them to make decisions.
• Maintain clear and open communication with service users, team members, managers, families/carers, and professionals, ensuring that all relevant information regarding the service user’s well-being, service quality, and safety is shared.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with Service Managers, staff teams, families/ carers, Multi-disciplinary team, RQIA, supporting people, local councils and community groups.
• Ensure that all medication is ordered, stored, and administered following Triangle’s medication policy and the training provided.
• Participate in the safe handling and management of the organisation’s and service users’ finances in accordance with the established procedures.
• Involve service users in…