Home Care Senior Support Worker- Kilmarnock

Hours: Flexible, Salary: £24862

Job Description:

The Senior Support Worker is required to demonstrate excellent communication skills and to act as a role model for other Home carers. SVQ level 3 in Health and social care preferred.
A current driving license and access to a car are essential for this role.

The Senior Support Worker is required to demonstrate the ability to deal fairly and firmly with Support Workers and others. Previous experience in caring for other people:
e.g. older people, children, relatives / friends is advantageous

Duties:

Working on a set rolling shift pattern, you will be required to cover the following supervision duties:

• Supervise the Support Workers performance in the delivery of care as required and as directed by the Co-ordinator / Manager of Homecare Services.

• Ensure that the Support Workers carry out their duties and responsibilities in a professional manner.

• Ensure that the standard of service being delivered meets the service user’s needs and expectations expressed in the contracts entered into by the organisation.

• Carry out monitoring reviews of the service delivery as required by the Operations Manager.

• Participate in spot checks

• Participate in the "out of hours" rota.

• Participate in learning and educational process appropriate to the skill requirement of the position.

In addition to supervisory duties the post holder will be required to undertake homecare duties as detailed below:-The nature of the post may require you to perform other duties not listed in the list below:

• Work with service manager to deliver quality of care.

• Work with Care team to ensure that the wellbeing of the support team and service users is being considered as a priority.

• Delivery of care; Prepare and cook meals and assist clients with feeding, do shopping, collecting pensions, prescriptions etc, Assist clients with personal hygiene, washing, bathing, help clients to get dressed.

• Assist in toilet duties, emptying and cleaning commodes and handling incontinence laundry, assist service users to get into and out of bed, accompany service users in agreed circumstances.

• To undertake such duties determined as appropriate by the Service Manager.