Company:
Achieve Together
Position:
Practice Lead
Brondesbury Rd, London NW6, UK
In office
Full Time
About us
At Achieve together, we strive to support and inspire the people we care for in order to give them the resources, skills and confidence to live their lives independently, and to the fullest.
Our team members are our most valuable asset. Without them, we simply wouldn’t be who we are today. We’re always on the hunt for experienced Support Workers who want to continue to make a difference and help others – so what are you waiting for?
Job Description
As a Senior Support Worker, you’ll deliver excellent care, celebrate achievements, encourage fun and creativity and engage directly with our wider community. This is more than just a job – you’ll be helping the individuals we care for gain independence and live healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.
At Achieve together, you’ll embark on a career adventure like no other, with dedicated training opportunities along the way to develop your skills as a Senior Support Worker and beyond. Whatever your aspirations, we can help you reach your goals and forge a long-lasting career in social care.
You will support people both in their home and in their local communities and we have a range of working patterns to suit you, including full time, part time and flexible opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
• To support the Registered Manager/Deputy Manager (if applicable) as the
person in charge for the day to day running of the home.
• To lead and support a team of staff, this includes shift leading, teaching people
how to shift lead and mentoring other staff to develop their skill sets, boosting
confidence and being supportive.
• To promote a caring environment for people we support through high
standards of professional practice which are beneficial to their physical,
emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual needs.
• To ensure that each person we support receives care appropriate to their
individual needs.
• To understand mandatory and regulatory requirements, company policies and
procedures including Mental Capacity Act (MCA’s) Deprivation of Liberty
Safeguards (DoLS), Fundamental Standards, Care Quality Commission (CQC) /
Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) and Safeguarding. This list is not exhaustive. To
assist the Registered Manager to comply with these requirements, where
required.
• To support the Registered Manager in responding to prospective new
individuals and their relatives and/or representatives, where required.
• To report any complaints to the Registered Manager and support in taking
appropriate action.
• To liaise with and co-operate with the CQC / CIW inspectors and inspections.
• To make or contribute to the assessment of need of each person we support,
in conjunction with them, the relevant professional agencies and, where
appropriate, their family, and develop a care plan which provides a satisfactory
quality of life for that person.
• To promote relationships which enable each person we support to participate
in social activities within the home and in the life of the local community to the
maximum of their ability.
• To ensure the provision of health care arrangements which may include the
ordering, recording and, where appropriate, the administration of prescribed
medication.
• To support the Registered Manager for the efficient running of the domestic
duties of the home, which will include;
- planning menus with people we support
- ensuring dietary needs of people we support are met
- ensuring good standards of food presentation are maintained
- ensuring supplies are ordered
- ensuring good standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained
- ensuring identified maintenance needs are reported and completed in
a timely manner and areas made safe as soon as issues are identified
- ensuring audits of the home are completed and documented and any
issues identified are actioned
• To ensure that there is effective communication with and between team
members and to support the Registered Manager to arrange staff meetings
and maintain meeting records.
• To support the Registered Manager in ensuring that effective induction,
supervision and assessment of team members is carried out and that learning
needs are identified and met. This should include shadowing new team
members, being a buddy and completing induction books.
• To ensure keyworker reports are completed, health appointments are up to
date and records are completed, and to check for follow ups. To support team
members with their learning in these activities.
• To ensure impress is updated, finances are correct and to support with team
members with their learning with the appropriate management of finances.
• To develop team member knowledge of safeguarding, MCA, DoLS.
• To support individuals with their choices in terms of bedrooms being
decorated and sourcing activities.
• To support the Registered Manager to arrange staff rotas, in conjunction with
appropriate administration team members, where requested to do so.
• To ensure that people we support, wherever possible, are supported in
retaining responsibility for their own money and financial arrangements.
• To ensure that, where a person we support is assessed as not being able to
manage their own financial affairs, to advocate for people we support and
ensure that the mental capacity act is followed and best interests are arranged
where needed.
• It is the nature of the work that task responsibilities are in many circumstances
unpredictable and varied. All team members are expected to work in a flexible
way when the occasion arises to ensure that tasks which are not specifically
covered in their job description are covered.
Requirements
It would be advantageous to have some experience of healthcare work for this role, but it isn’t absolutely necessary as we provide full training. As long as you’re passionate, hard-working and empathetic, you’ll fit right in.
Benefits
Flexible hours to suit a range of lifestyles
Career progression and training opportunities
Employee welfare and wellbeing initiatives
Recognition schemes, team events and social activities
Employee discount schemes across a range of retailers and services
Wagestream - a financial health app that gives you the ability to receive optional pay advances
Staff incentive schemes such as Refer a Friend, Employee of the Month and Heroes Awards