RECRUITMENT

Job Description: Social Carer

To provide support and practical help to Service Users.

Responsible to Line Manager.

To assist with getting up, putting to bed, dressing/undressing, changing, washing, bathing, showering, bed bathing, oral hygiene, hair care and shaving.
To assist with feeding (including preparation of meals).
To assist the service user/carer administer prescribed drugs within an individual framework agreed with the purchaser's representative.
Toileting/emptying commodes.
To assist or undertake general housework in order to keep the house clean and tidy for the service users.
To assist with or undertake washing, drying, mending, ironing and storage of clothing and household linen.
To assist with or undertake the care of children and, if necessary, to prepare them for school.
If required, to light coal fires, clear grates and refill coal buckets.
To provide general support to the service users, liaising with other services as necessary.
To share in the service users social activities including talking to service users, helping in attempts to make and maintain contact with family, friends and the community and assist with shopping and recreation.
To attend meetings and supervisory sessions as required.
To ensure, as far as is reasonably practical, observance of and adherence to the provisions of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 / 1993. Also Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
To perform such other duties, of a like nature, as may from time to time be required by Mr D. J. Evans.

Tel: 01485 570611