Home Support Worker

The Support Worker also has a responsibility to alert their line manager of any changes or causes for concern in the client's condition or behaviour.There will be a set of outcome specific tasks identified for each particular client you attend to. These will range from simple day-to-day tasks like housekeeping or assistance with personal care to more complex tasks like medication administration. Support Workers are frequently the only people that a client may see on a daily basis and there is a responsibility to report any relevant information back by notifying management, family, friends or relatives of changes., The role may involve some or all of the following. This is not intended as a complete list and is supplied as an overview of what the scope entails

• Assist clients to get up, dressing and preparing them for their day


• Washing, bathing, showering, oral care, grooming


• Toileting, assisting with use of commode, emptying commode


• Continence management


• Using manual handling equipment as specified


• Working with other care professionals such as District Nurses, GP's, etc.


• Assisting with prescribed medication


• Preparation of meals and assistance with feeding


• General household duties


• Bed making and laundry


• Shopping and supplies management


• To keep accurate records of care visits., Please note this section will only be seen by those involved in the recruitment process and will be treated with the strictest ofconfidence.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Caring Hearts Scotland aims to promote equality of opportunity and is committed to treating all applicants fairly regardless of ethnicity, disability, age, gender or gender re-assignment, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity and marriage or civil partnership. Caring Hearts Scotland undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against applicants on the basis of a criminal conviction or other information declared.

Answering 'yes' to the question when prompted in the application form will not necessarily prevent your employment. This will depend on the relevance of the information you provide in respect of the nature of the position and the particular circumstances.

Caring Hearts Scotland will only collect data for specified, explicit and legitimate use in relation to the recruitment process. By signing this application form, you consent to Caring Hearts Scotland holding the information contained within this application form. If successfully shortlisted, data will also include shortlisting scoring and interview records. We would like to keep this data until the vacancy is filled. (We cannot estimate the exact time period, but we will consider this period over when a candidate accepts our job offer for the position for which we are considering you). When that period is over, we will either delete your data or inform you that we would like to keep it in our database for future roles. We have privacy policies that you can request for further information. Please be assured that your data will be securely stored and only used for the purposes of recruiting for this vacant post. You have a right for your data to be forgotten, to
rectify or access data, to restrict processing, to withdraw consent and to be kept informed about the processing of your data. If you would like to discuss this further or withdraw your consent at any time, please contact us at info@caringheartsltd.co.uk


• Genuine care for others


• Good communication skills


• Ability to understand what the role entails


• To be able to cope with emergency and difficult situations


• Ability to follow instructions


• To be able to maintain high standards of care provision.


Desirable

• Experience in care provision


• Flexible availability


• Own transport and full driving license