Job Description

• Participating in designing, developing and maintaining a secure, warm and dignified home life
• To be in charge of the residential home in the absence of a more senior staff
• Contributing to the provision of care & support to service users according to their individual care plans
• Contributing to developing and maintaining the individual skills of service users as per their plans to include learning and skills activities
• To work on call duties as per rota ensuring on call policy & procedure is adhered to
• Reporting all notifiable incidents occurring in the home to the shift leader, providing written reports as requested
• To ensure that up to date records are maintained and to provide written reports as required by the company
• Advising and supporting individual service users in the safekeeping of their money and valuables, recording all financial transactions in accordance with their policy and procedural guidelines
• Enabling and accompanying service users, where required, to access community facilities, annual holidays and health care appointments
• Assisting in the administration of medication to individual service users and authorising of PRN medication
• To oversee the maintenance of fire precautions, fire drills and monitoring of equipment
• To implement & monitor health & safety regulations
• To plan & participate in scheduled team & resident meetings as required
• To ensure that all in-house financial transactions are conducted and recorded according to their policies and procedures
• To ensure that the day to day housekeeping and shopping tasks are carried out thereby ensuring the smooth running of the home
• To ensure the correct use of business vehicles

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities