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Job description

To provide care and support for residents within the Christian ethos and aims of the Council for Social Witness.

Responsibilities

• To be a Key Worker/Primary Worker to residents. To help residents with dressing/undressing, toileting/bathing where necessary and to assist and encourage residents' mobility as required.
• To encourage residents to be as active and as independent as possible. To carry out all care tasks with respect for the residents' dignity and privacy and to give residents maximum choice over their lifestyle and affairs.
• To help residents exercise their rights as citizens and to promote and take part in social and recreational activities within the home, which are designed to enhance quality of life.
• To administer resident's medication after appropriate training. To contribute to the assessment of and care planning for resident's needs and to accompany residents on external visits, when necessary, e.g., hospital appointments, trips.
• To refer enquiries about residents to the Management of the Home and to be prepared, after training, to take on additional responsibilities in order to act up if and when required.
• To be prepared to undertake NVQ training. To attend staff meetings and training sessions as required. To complete appropriate written records as required and to follow appropriate policies and procedures.
• To adhere to the standards laid down by the NISCC Code of Practice for Social Care Workers. To ensure that safe working practice is adhered to at all times and to work effectively as part of the team.
• To maintain dignity, respect and confidentiality as required and to carry out any other reasonable duty as required by Management of the Home which is necessary for the support and well-being of the residents.
• This job description is intended to be neither definitive nor restrictive and can be changed or augmented at any time to meet changing needs.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Evidence an understanding of and respect for the needs of older people; Willing to undertake appropriate training as required; Awareness of health and safety practices within a working environment.
• Proficiency in understanding, communicating and writing to a level required by the duties of the post;
• Basic numeracy required by the duties of the post (as endorsed by appropriate qualification or use of numeracy skills in a work or home environment).
• Be willing to work flexibly to fulfil the requirements of the Home, including working additional hours if required; Be committed to working within the Christian ethos of the Home;
• Registration with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council within 6 months of appointment is a requirement of this position.

Further Information

Location: Corkey House, Belfast

Application Information

Application packs are available for download at www.presbyterianireland.org/socialcarejobs or can be requested by email personnel@presbyterianireland.org or phoning 02890417255. CVs are not accepted as a form of application. Vacancies may closer earlier if sufficient applications received.