Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
( Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)
For further information about this post please contact Sharon Keywood on 01766 762621 or via e-mail: SharonKeywood@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
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Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH
Tel: 01286 679076
E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, 26/11/2024
The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.
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Person Specification
Personal attributes Essential To be committed and sensitive with the ability to work in a manner which shows respect for the individual's rights at all times.
To be able to work as part of a team
Desirable -
Qualifications and relevant training Essential Full Drivers Licence
Desirable N.V.Q in Care
Training in Health and Safety e.g. moving and handling or first aid
Relevant experience Essential -
Desirable Experience of caring or involvement with the elderly
Experience of domestic work
Skills and specialist knowledge Essential Good interpersonal skills
Good communications skills
Understanding the needs of the elderly
Desirable -
Language requirements Listening and Speaking - Intermediate Able to maintain a fluent conversation on a number of various everyday subjects, and discuss cases involving the field of work.Able to follow a discussion in Welsh, in Clear Welsh, on familiar matters relating to the post. Able to contribute to the conversation and answer questions.
Reading and Understanding - Intermediate Understand everyday correspondence on familiar issues at work.Understand longer reports in Clear Welsh and be able to pick up the main points. (help may be required with the vocabulary).
Writing - Intermediate Able to write letters for a specific purpose, e-mails and short reports in Welsh and English, using vocabulary and simple phrases that are familiar to the field of work. (They will need to be checked before being sent out).
Job Description
Purpose of the post • Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the centre of everything we do.
• Ensure that the physical and emotional well-being of the users are met by implementing an Individual User Plan. Ensure that a clean and comfortable environment is kept in the home and by the team around the home. All this to be done by following the Council's policies and procedures.
Responsibility for functions • Respect and use all the equipment and apparatus in the home appropriately. Inform the manager and / or the person responsible for the home at the time of any faulty equipment, or any faults in services (water, electricity, gas, etc). Ensure appropriate management of users' property e.g. medicine and cash.
Main duties • Ensure and respect the dignity and independence of service users by means of good care practices, in accordance with National standards and requirements for Care Homes for Older Persons.
• Be sensitive to the need to respect the rights of the individual at all times.
• Maintain confidentiality on all aspects of implementing the service.
• Be part of the process of planning, preparing, implementing and reviewing the Support Plans of individual users.
• Act as a key worker for a specific number of service users and attend review meetings and case conferences of those users and contribute written and oral reports.
• Undertake cleaning and laundry duties.
• Prepare meals and drinks as required and serve meals.
• Undertake the task of receiving and administering medication in accordance with the Council's policy.
• Attend training courses, and NVQ Level 2 specifically, to ensure consistent awareness of care and maintenance issues.
• Attend meetings in accordance with the Residential Care Home Manager's instructions.
• Become accustomed to implementing the Council's policies, arrangements and guidelines relating to good practice and Health and Safety issues.
• Register with the Care Council in accordance with national guidelines.
• Responsibility for self-development.
• Ensure compliance with workplace Health and Safety regulations in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council's equal opportunities and equality policies.
• Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management standards and guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
• Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsible for reporting any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special circumstances • The need to work unsociable hours over seven days on a rota basis.
• At the request of the manager take responsibility for the residential home in her absence.
How to apply
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