Purpose of the post
•To ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
•Help individuals to live their lives as they wish to live.
•Take full responsibility for the home, as needed.
•Work with other agencies, for the benefit of the individuals, including attending reviews, meetings with health and consulting with specialists.
•Distributing medicines.
Responsibility for functions
•Ensure appropriate use of users' property e.g. medicine and cash.
•Make appropriate use of specialist equipment that assists the individual to live his/her life as they wish to live. This includes reporting problems with the equipment and following practice protocols and specialist training as required.
Main duties
•Support the individuals who use the service.
•Take responsibility for the residential care home and the responsible person role.
•Lead staff with their work duties.
•Take decisions in the absence of managers, e.g. receive admissions back from hospital, lead in an emergency, respond to enquiries.
•Respond and lead in an emergency involving the individuals and the building.
•Identify changes in the health and well-being of individuals and respond quickly and appropriately to them.
•Be progressive and willing to make informed decisions independently, providing a professional opinion and knowing when to ask for support from the wider team and other professions.
Duties of the Care Assistant
•Excel in building relationships with people to understand exactly what would make a difference to them in their lives and to empower the voice of the individual at every opportunity.
•Able to always think of alternative and creative ways of providing care. Make every effort to include people in every activity and support people to take control of their own lives.
•Take on the role of key worker, attending meetings and contribute orally and in writing.
•Maintain and support the procedure for administering and distributing medicines in accordance with the service policy.
•Promote the rights of the individual and encourage them to take positive and informed risks.
•Develop and follow personal care plans with the individual and encourage them to live as full a life as possible by making use of any resources and activities available in the community.
•Contribute to the process of assessing, monitoring, planning and implementing activities according to the individual’s needs. These activities may include participating in programmes, exercises and specific interventions.
•Encourage and support the individual to develop their skills to enable them to live successfully within the community, by setting objectives, problem-solving and learning how to identify when there is a change in circumstances and needs.
•Test new ways of supporting and think outside the box for creative answers that draw on the individual's strengths, assets and informal networks.
•Contribute to multidisciplinary talks about the personal well-being outcomes of people and ways they can be supported to achieve these, helping them to help themselves and use all the available resources in this field.
•Work with individuals to achieve what matters to them, working jointly with others, as required.
•Be responsible for administrative work that is relevant to the role, including recording and reporting, in accordance with the guidelines set by the Manager on behalf of Cyngor Gwynedd.
•Support with housekeeping duties, preparation of light meals.
•Use technology systems.
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS
•Work in partnership with colleagues in the health and care field, including social workers, community psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists, GPs and 3rd sector partners.
•Act on opportunities to build lives that are connected to family and community networks and be clear regarding what they can assist the person to achieve.
TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
•Responsibility for self-development.
•A commitment to follow a training programme in accordance with the National Requirements and accept responsibility for continuous professional development.
•Have a mindset that is open to learning continuously and the desire to develop professionally within the health and care field.
•Attend and contribute to constructive activities such as supervision and team meetings that support the mindset of improving and developing the service and staff well-being.
•Register with the Care Council for Wales and act in accordance with the professional code of practice for social care.
SAFEGUARDING
•A responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
POLICIES
•Manage information in accordance with the Council's information management standards and guidance. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
•Ensure compliance with workplace Health and Safety rules in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
•Follow the Council's equal opportunities and equality policies.
•Fully comply with Cyngor Gwynedd's Code of Practice for Medicines, including administering medicines.
OTHER
•A commitment to reduce the Council’s carbon footprint in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan and encourage others to work towards reducing the Council's carbon footprint.
•Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
Special circumstances
•There will be a need to go through the DBS processes.
•The need to work unsociable hours over seven days on a rota basis. This may include bank holidays and weekends as required.
•An expectation to work across other care provider services, when needed.
