Care assistant nights

Care Assistant Nights - Shearwater

Salary:Band: 4,£24,420 - £25,652 pro rata (£13,200 - £13,865 for 20 hours) - Plus shift pattern enhancement of 33%

20 hours per week

The rota for this post is:

Friday - 21:30 - 07:30

Saturday - 21:30 - 07:30

DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults with care and support needs and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

What is the role

Shearwater is in the Milton area of Portsmouth and is a purpose built 40 bed dementia residential home, which opened in August 2009. The accommodation is spread over 2 floors in units of 20 per floor. All bedrooms have a private ensuite with a shower.

We currently have around 100 staff working different roles and different shifts throughout the home.

Using a person-centred approach, you will look after the physical, emotional, cultural and social needs of service users. This will include personal care, assisting clients to settle into bed and providing support if they wake. This will include all aspects of person-centred at mealtimes and all aspects of daily living. You will be providing person centred care, night-time activities for those who do not wish to sleep, promoting the residents mental health and well-being, providing good fluid and nutritional intake.

As a key worker to specific service users you will take responsibility to ensure information about their health is recorded and communicated to the night senior. This is a legal requirement under the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to meet our fundamental standards.

You will be responsible for ensuring monitoring and hourly checks, with detailed recording of your observations, are carried out. You will look after the needs of a diverse group of service users with a wide range of care needs including challenging behaviour. This role will include some person moving and handling duties, light food preparation and keeping the environment clean and free of hazards when on duty.

Who is the person?

You will have patience and empathy, with an understanding of the needs of people with different types of dementia and physical disabilities. You will have the ability to converse at ease with service users with cognitive impairment and provide advice in accurate spoken English which is essential for the post. With experience in a caring role as a formal paid or unpaid carer you will have an understanding of the importance of resident’s dignity, privacy and choice, and applying this in practice. You will have the ability to be flexible and adaptable, able to work in a team as well as being able to work independently and able to use your own initiative and make decisions and to be able to deal with emergencies in a confident manner. Computer skills will be required to enable you to update care plans electronically and use e-learning. You will be required to take part in training and development which will contribute towards your framework and study for QCF at level 2 / 3 (or equivalent) in Social Care and undertake learning to complete the Care Certificate (previously CIS) within your probation period.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role

About Portsmouth City Council

What we can offer you:

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

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Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.

How to apply:

Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found at Equality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal. We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under one of our commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however for roles that receive a large number of applications, this is not always possible, and we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

We may not be able to offer sponsorship for this role due to recent visa legislation. Please visit the UK visas and immigration website for further information.

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Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800.