Senior Carer

POSITION: Senior Carer

LOCATION: Liverpool City Region

HOURS: 40 hours (including evenings & weekends)

SALARY: £13.75 Weekdays & £14.05 Weekends

About us:

Local Solutions is a pioneering social enterprise dedicated to empowering individuals and communities across Merseyside and North Wales. For over 50 years, we have been delivering high-quality care and support services, making a tangible difference in people's lives. Guided by our core values Compassionate, Pioneering, Reliable, and Knowledgeable we are committed to providing innovative and sustainable solutions.

We are looking to recruit Senior Carers that match our values and are driven to support our communities.

Benefits:

• Paid induction training (T&C apply)
• £200 uncapped referral bonus (T&C apply)
• Provide staff with an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service), role depending.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Blue Light Card
• Opportunity to utilise E-Learning and gain further knowledge and skills.
• Personal development promoted and funded apprenticeships available.
• Up to 50% discount for our Watersports Centre.
• Enhanced pay on 10 Bank Holidays
• Company mobile phone with unlimited calls, text & data

Main purpose of the role:

Senior Carers supervise Care Support Workers, work alongside Care Coordinators to ensure high standards of care are delivered in our communities and help to grow our areas of delivery.

Core responsibilities of the role will be:

A Senior Carer will provide reliable support to community-based Care Support Workers.

Complete audits of service provision to identify deficiencies, including completing medication audits, care record audits.

Promote Compassionate, good, care practice, maintaining service users dignity and independence.

Mentor new care support workers, completing community observations of their work and providing support and guidance during their first 12 weeks.

Contribute to the monitoring, evaluation, and review of services.

Complete work-based supervisions with care support workers.

Work in partnership with other teams to ensure that concerns or changes to care need are responded to appropriately and in a timely way.

Develop positive relationships with service users and their family members, providing reassurance and information to new users of the service.

Continuity of Service:

Provide care to service users allocated to you during your shift by the office teams.

A Senior Carer will work effectively with office teams to reduce impact of service breakdown in individual service users / their family members.

Communicate effectively with office teams.

Providing care and support to individuals in line with their person-centred care plan, respecting their individuality, cultural, spiritual, and religious needs.

Providing care and support in line with risk assessments and health and safety procedures.

On occasions, Senior Carers will provide direct personal care in accordance with the individuals

Work with other health and social care professional involved in the individuals care to ensure needs are effectively met and changes to need are responded to.

Maintain detailed and accurate records of care; including arrival and departure times, care provided, concerns or changes.

Follow Local Solutions policies and procedures in relation to accessing service users properties and reporting no-access or non-engagement.

General Skills and Experience:

Level 3 qualification health and social care or willingness to work towards.

Experience in social care setting.

Full drivers license and use of private vehicle for work use.

Enhanced DBS check.

Comfortable using smart phone / apps.

Commitment to quality, customer service, best practice and best value in all aspects of the organisations operation

By working for us, you are helping to make a difference to the lives of the people we work with and the service we provide.

We are committed to delivering equality of opportunity for all of our service users and staff. Our aim is to create a workplace which is free from discrimination and diversity is celebrated. We aim to create an environment where staff and service users are equally valued and supported.

If you feel you have the necessary skills, experience and can match our values, then please apply!

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