Peripatetic Care Assistant

This peripatetic role will require the successful applicant to be flexible and work across in-house provider services.

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 at mealtimes and all aspects of daily living.

You will be providing person centred care in the form of social activities which promotes the service users mental health and wellbeing and improves their quality of life.

You will be a keyworker to specific residents, taking responsibility to ensure information about their health is recorded using electronic care planning (Nourish) and communicating this information to the team leaders. This is a legal requirement under the Care Quality Commission CQC and is designed to meet our fundamental standards so resident's individual needs are met, and care plans can be kept up to date with this information.

It will be your responsibility to monitor residents' health and well-being and ensure you have recorded all information on Nourish, reporting any concerns to the team leader within the appropriate timeframe according to the concern.

You will look after the needs of a diverse group of service users with a wide range of care needs, including challenging behaviour.

For this role you will need to be able to undertake person moving and handling duties.

There will also be the need for light food preparation and light cleaning tasks to ensure the environment remains clean in line with infection control guidance.

Within the scope of your role, you will ensure the environment is kept free from hazards and report any Health & Safety concerns to the team leader.


Skills:

You need to have:

1. The ability to converse at ease with service users with cognitive impairment and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential.
2. Have patience and empathy, with an understanding of the needs of people with different types of dementia and physical disabilities.
3. Experience in a caring role as a formal paid or unpaid carer.
4. An understanding of the importance of resident's dignity, privacy and choice, and applying this in practice.
5. The ability to be flexible and adaptable, able to work in a team as well as being able to work independently.
6. Be able to use your own initiative and make decisions, always ensuring the safest outcome possible.
7. Have good communication, observation, interpersonal and written skills.
8. Computer skills will be required to enable you to update care plans electronically and use e-learning.
9. An understanding of the cultural and linguistic needs of people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
10. 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.
11. The ability to deal with emergencies in a confident and calm manner.
12. An understanding of the principles and practice of client confidentiality and Data Protection.