Support Worker

Under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Reablement Support Worker (and from time to time other members of the reablement service management team). Your role will be to assist customers to achieve the goals and objectives set-out in their person-centred reablement support plan.This will include: providing customers with personal care and facilitating customers with daily living activities. Specific duties and responsibilities include: Work with customers to help them regain their independence with daily living skills, including washing, dressing, meal preparation, and personal care Safeguard the health, safety and wellbeing of customers as well as colleagues Take part in staff development programmes, assuming responsibility for own professional development i.e. undertake all mandatory training relevant to the service and part of the training pathway for the role e.g. Care Certificate and specialist reablement training Assist customers with the use of mobility aids and assistive
equipment where required Deliver reablement support in a range of settings. Primarily customers own homes but, if required, also day centres, day hospitals and in the community Assist customers with moving and positioning, adhering to health & safety requirements as well as organisational policy and procedures Contribute to daily communications, accurate record keeping, recording actions, interventions and incidents in customers records Participate in regular team meetings and customer review meetings Ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act and maintain customer confidentiality and security of information at all times Communicate effectively with the immediate team and other health and social care professionals as appropriate Participate in own supervisions, appraisals and objective setting Assist the team with general duties if required e.g. office filing, answering telephone calls etc Work as part of the team, offering a flexible approach to staff rostering Abide by the