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Health Care Assistant
Oldbury United Kingdom
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Job Type:
Agency staff
Experience:
at least 1 year
The care provided by a Home Support Assistant is that which gives the people who use our services the choice of
living independently in his or her own home, and does not include tasks which would normally be undertaken by a
trained nurse. The following list illustrates some of the duties, which a Home Support Assistant may be asked to
undertake. At all times they must comply with Council’s guidelines and policies.
To work within a network of services delivering a multi-disciplinary care plan, consisting of nurses, social workers,
occupational and physiotherapist and health and social care co-ordinators and support staff, to promote and enhance
the independence of the people who use our services.
To visit people who use our services in their own homes and other community settings, for examples: Extra Care
Accommodation and other similar settings to provide the appropriate level of support as defined in the Care Plan.
This will include aspects of health related personal care tasks, hygiene, exercises, activity and treatment programmes
prescribed by therapists. The aim being to rehabilitate and maximise the person who is using our services, potential
and where appropriate to support the carer.
As part of the care given to people who use our services, it will also be necessary to undertake administration and
clerical tasks that are associated with the care process.
To support and enable people who use our services in a range of activities to promote independent living and monitor
their wellbeing:
o Personal care/bathing/showering/toileting/shopping
o Meal preparation
o Supervising and/or administering medication
o Confidence building
o Exercise programmes/mobility
o Basic wound dressings - for example; a me pore dressing.
In return you will get paid £9.74ph, mileage for the miles you drive to and back from work and provide between 20- 35 hours per week for an initial 4 months and there could be the potential to extend.
Please get in touch, if you have a some experience, Enhanced Barring DBS -Adults check is required for this position. 20-hour posts available, which include a continental shift pattern that includes mornings and evenings and you should be able to travel across the borough and will therefore need to hold a full valid driving licence.
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