Job role includes

• To deliver person centered care looking at the individual requirements of the residents, not the tasks to be undertaken.
• Assisting residents with all personal care
• Encouraging residents’ independence at all times whilst delivering the necessary care during washing, dressing, bathing, assisting with the toilet, according to the individual care plans and manual handling risk assessments
• Encouraging good habits in cleanliness and hygiene as appropriate
• Assisting the activities coordinator in providing stimulation and enjoyment of the day
• Recording all interactions with the residents in a professional, non judgmental way using appropriate language without prejudice
• Carrying meals to residents in their rooms on trays, or serving meals in the dining room as appropriate
• Giving the residents as much assistance as they need to eat their meals, such as cutting up food, preparing and serving light meals at tea-time, preparing and serving drinks as required
• Laying the tables in the dining room
• Encouraging residents to maintain a healthy diet and drink plenty of fluid
• Checking that residents on special diets are given the correct food
• Completing any food, fluid or bowel charts as appropriate to ensure residents health and wellbeing is maintained
• Encouraging residents to be mobile and to exercise whenever possible
• Listening and talking to residents in order to build up a personal rapport with them
• Encouraging residents to join in social activities and outings as appropriate
• Helping to maintain standards of cleanliness and tidiness in the home, including mopping up spillages when they occur and sweeping up dropped food
• Making beds daily and changing bed linen and towels and flannels when necessary
• Helping to ensure that the home is clean and tidy at all times
• Welcoming visitors and relatives of Residents to the Home at all times
• Preparing drinks for relatives and visitors
• Displaying a professional attitude when dealing with relatives and visitors
• Maintaining confidentiality, both at work and when off duty
• Reporting any physical or mental changes in a resident’s condition on the electronic system under the varying categories, and informing the senior member of staff on duty verbally. Even minor observations must be reported
• Working as affective team member by communicating with colleagues and the management team about any area of concern
• Completing all paper records according to the care plan needs of each resident
• Experience is preferred, but not necessary as you will be working towards your Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship.