Care Worker - Adult Social Care - London

Care Worker - Adult Social Care - London - 19.30 per hour.

Job title: Care Worker - Leaning Disabilities Residential Care (Sc5)

Job Type: Temporary

Sector: Social and Healthcare Unqualified

Category: Adult Social Care

Region: South East

Location: London

Salary Description: Regular

Posted: 24.06.22

Start: 08:00

End: 15:00

Job Reference: RQ615339

Social Work Choice UK Agency are recruiting for a local authority looking for a passionate care worker to provide as part of a team, 24-hour support to adults with secure learning disabilities and complex health care needs. The post involves providing support with all aspects of daily living.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Offer personal care to service users in a respectful, dignified, and non-judgmental manner
• Run shifts to ensure service users are supported to be engaged in meaningful and developmental activities
• Participating in sleeping-in duty, waking night duties, and work at evenings, weekends and bank holidays
• Responsibility for the ongoing management of the service in the absence of supervisory staff
• Participating in the care and development of programmes, promoting the health, welfare and comfort
• Appreciate, understand and have knowledge of different cultural needs
• Undertaking supervised key worker duties with the service users , family, and other workers as appropriate
• Performing administrative/clerical duties as required
• To take appropriate action to safeguard vulnerable adults in line with current legislation
• Carry out duties and responsibilities in accordance with Councils Health and Safety policy
• To use and assist others to use information technology systems to carry out duties
• To achieve service outcomes and outputs, and personal appraisal targets, as agreed with your line manager
• To adhere to the Code of Conduct of the General Social Care Council (HCPC).
• To undertake relevant training and development
• To be committed to the Council's core values of public service, quality and equality
• At all times carrying out responsibilities and duties in accordance with all relevant legislation
• To undertake additional duties commensurate with the grade as directed by your line manager

Qualification & Experience

• NVQ or QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
• At least 6 months of experience working directly with adults with learning disabilities

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