For further information about this post please contact Joan Louise Povey on 01286 674888 or via e-mail joanlouisepovey@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
Service: Learning Disabilities, Adults, Health and Well-being
Purpose of the post
- Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- Help individuals to live their lives as they wish to live.
- Take on the full care role in the home.
- Collaborate with other agencies, for the benefit of the individuals, including attending reviews, meetings with health, consulting with specialists.
- Administration of medicines
Responsibility for functions
- Ensure appropriate use of users' property e.g., medicine and cash.
- Make appropriate use of specialist equipment to assist the individual to live his/her life as they wish to live. This includes reporting on deficiencies and following practice protocols and specialist training as required.
Main duties
- Take responsibility for the residential care home and the responsible person role, including full charge of the home role if appropriate.
- Lead staff with their work duties.
- Take decisions in the absence of managers, e.g., receive admissions back from hospital, lead in an emergency, respond to enquiries.
- Lead and respond to an emergency situation involving users and the building.
- Identify changes in the health and well-being of individuals and respond quickly and appropriately to them.
- Build relationships with people to understand what would make a difference to them and empower the voice of the individual at every opportunity.
- Develop and follow personal care plans created in partnership with the individual, to promote and encourage him/her to live as full a life as possible.
- Be a key worker for individuals attending meetings and contribute orally and in writing.
- Maintain and support the procedure for administering and distributing medicines in accordance with the service policy.
- Promote the rights of the individual and encourage them to take positive and informed risks.
- Support with housekeeping duties and preparation of light meals.
- Operate and maintain IT systems.
- Work in partnership with colleagues in the health and care field, including social workers, community psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists, GPs and 3rd sector partners.
- Register with the Care Council for Wales and behave in a principled way in accordance with the professional code of practice for social care.
- Report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special circumstances
- There will be a need to go through the DBS processes.
- The need to work unsociable hours over seven days on a rota basis. This may include bank holidays and weekends as required.
- Expected to work across other service sites if necessary.
Essential requirements
- NVQ 2/QCF Level 2 Health and Social Care.
- Friendly, outgoing, and willing to undertake training.
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Good interpersonal, communication and recording skills.
- Welsh language at Intermediate level (listening and speaking, reading and understanding, writing), as set out in the Person Specification.
Desirable
- Relevant training in the care field.
- Understanding of complex care needs.
- Experience of having worked/supported individuals to live their lives how they wish.
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on the Information Pack.
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
For further information about this post please contact Joan Louise Povey on 01286 674888 or via e-mail joanlouisepovey@gwynedd.llyw.cymru