Senoir Support worker

Principal Responsibilities

Help to ensure that all junior and domestic staff contributes to the best of their ability to the efficient running of the home and the creation of the right atmosphere.

Assist care users who need help with dressing, undressing, bathing and toilet. Assist a senior member of staff who has been assessed as competent with medication administration.

Help care users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities such as incontinence; help in the use and care of aids and personal equipment.

• Help in the promotion of mental and physical activity of care users through talking to them, taking them out, and sharing with them in activities such as reading, writing, hobbies and recreations.

• Routinely oversees and monitors care workers and carry supervision with them;

• takes responsibility for the shift and for the service while on duty;

• assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe;

• serves meals to service users at table or in bed, assists with feeding if required;

• generally assists with service users overall comfort and well-being;

• provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user;

• helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits;

• undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required;

• monitors service users conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respiration and weight, and contributes to record keeping;

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Make and change beds; tidy rooms and do light cleaning.

Inspect laundry and mend care users’ clothing.

Cook meals, serve meals; assist care users at meal times if required; wash up utensils.

Answer emergency bells, the door and the telephone and greet visitors.

Read and write reports in case notes

Organise and carry staff meetings ,training activities as directed and documentations

Carry out other reasonable duties as may be required.

liaising with other health professional such as doctors, CPN, Chiropodist, Dentist, Social workers etc.