Job Title : Qualified Social Worker

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : Nutgrove Building, Knowsley, L36 9GD, Knowsley Borough Council
Hours Per Week :36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time :17:00
Salary: £23.75

Duties and responsibilities

This is not a comprehensive list of all the tasks, which may be required of the post holder. It is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the work to be undertaken:-

Social Care Worker
1. To support the delivery of agreed plans of care ensuring that service users are supported safely and individual needs and service targets are met. The quality and standard of care must meet CQC fundamental standards.

2. To support clients with their personal care as determined within their individual care plan. Personal care can include supporting service users undertake activities such as dressing, washing, bathing or shaving, toileting, getting in or out of bed, eating, drinking, taking medication and communicating.

3. Postholders are required to be involved in monitoring the progress of service users, being mindful of triggers for challenging behaviour, seizures and acting appropriately in line with agreed guidelines and to highlight any changes in an individual’s behaviour to the manager so that the support plans can be updated.

4. To provide support for individuals who may regularly place emotional demands on the jobholder; and raising significant issues to the manager.

5. The activities and support undertaken by care workers should have a direct impact on the positive well-being of individuals. Therefore, postholders will work with senior officers to ensure that activities motivate and interest service users and provide a positive experience. As such they will contribute to the planning of daily activities and risk assessments.

6. Postholders will attend and contribute positively to meetings as requested by the manager providing input by sharing the outcome of interactions with service users and highlighting issues that may have an impact on the review of the service user’s case.

7. To ensure the accurate administration and recording of medication, including rescue medication, in line with the Councils Medication policy. Postholders will need to ensure that agreed protocols are followed when supporting an individual’s personal care such as peg feeding, postural care, changing stoma bags, buccal suction, medication via a peg etc.

8. Postholders are expected to ensure all records are updated and accurate. This includes ensuring appropriate information security protocols are applied when sharing and preparing information relevant to the service user’s care. Records include care plans, risk assessments, work related logs and other template based documents.

9. As postholders will be have direct contact with a range of people involved in care delivery; service users, families, care/medical professionals, other colleagues etc, they must ensure they act and communicate professionally and appropriately at all times.

10. Where appropriate to attend and contribute positively to meetings as requested by their line manager.

Qualifications:
NVQ 2 Care or the ability to undertake training within a negotiated time scale

Ability to embrace the values of KMBC
The ability to provide physical assistance to meet individuals assessed need in such areas as personal care and delivery quality care that meets CQC fundamental standards.
Ability to fill in forms and provide short written reports using standard template documents
Demonstrate a personal commitment to continuous learning and development
Demonstrate a personal commitment to support, appreciate and value the contribution of others
Demonstrate a commitment to improving our services and provide person-centred caring and social support for service users to meet their needs and outcomes.
Demonstrate a commitment to working as part of a team in a flexible and responsive manner and communicate in an open and honest manner
Be aware of issues with regard to Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discriminatory practice and to act accordingly ensuring a person-centred approach treating individuals with dignity, respect and compassion.
The ability to motivate individual service users to meet their full potential and lead an independent and as full a life as possible.
Sufficiently physically able to undertake the moving and handling of service users as required

SAR social worker