Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | Portsmouth, PO1 2EP |
| Company: | Portsmouth City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 3316 |
Summary
Care Assistant (Days) - Shearwater
Salary: Band 4, £23,152 - £24,362 pa, pro rata plus a 17% shift allowance if applicable.
We currently have a number of positions available:
Rotas typically are a mixture of:
Early shift - 07:30 - 14:30
Late shift - 14:30 - 21:30
Shifts include a 30-minute unpaid break.
Sunday and bank holiday working may apply.
Please indicate on your application the number of hours you would be able to work. Minimum hours per week - 19.5
Portsmouth City Council
At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.
With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
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. The home also has a good-sized garden for service users to enjoy.
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 at mealtimes and all aspects of daily living. You will be providing person centred care in the form of social activities which promotes the resident's mental health and wellbeing and improves their quality of life.
As a key worker to specific service users you will take responsibility to ensure information about their health and wellbeing 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) to meet our fundamental standards.
You will be responsible for monitoring service users health and well-being whilst ensuring you have recorded all information on Nourish, reporting any concerns to the team leader within the appropriate timeframe.
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.
This role will include some person moving and handling duties and there will also be the need for light food preparation.
What you’ll need to succeed
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 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.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Flexible working hours.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Additional Information:
Please view the full job profile here - Care Assistant (Days)
Application Details:
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. Please do not just submit a CV. Applicants will be shortlisted based on their ability to use good examples that meet the criteria of this role. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information on the home page of the website.
You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement your application.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body.
Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding roles.
Closing date: 25 April 2024 @ 23:59 pm
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 vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.