About Our Home:
Lynwood Care Centre is a warm and welcoming purpose-built nursing home offering a spacious and comfortable environment and 24-hour care and support for older adults. Our home is divided into several smaller ‘houses,’ where our staff really get know their residents, allowing for a more personalised approach to the care we provide.
Responsibilities:
- To build friendship with our residents that help them adjust to life in a care home.
- Deliver a high level of personal and psychological care to all residents in a professional manner.
- Maintain good communication levels with Manager, Senior Care Assistants, Chef and relatives to ensure smooth operation of role and high levels of co-operation. Support all areas of team working within the home, to the extent that the role remains an integral element of the daily routines.
- Complete records where required to a satisfactory standard. Agree the type and quantity of record keeping with the manager on a monthly basis.
- Ensure the individual rights of residents and staff are safeguarded in accordance with the Home’s philosophy of care by being aware of the working practices and activities being actioned.
- Maintain client, staff and business confidentiality at all times
- Plan daytime and evening time activities.
- Maintain an awareness of the Health and Safety requirements.
- Coordinate the activities program with other services in the facility.
- Assess resident’s needs and develop resident activities goals for the written care plan.
- Encourage resident needs and develop resident activities goals for the written care plan.
- Encourage resident participation in activities and document outcomes.
- Work individually and within the team to provide the necessary back up for all staff, to a standard commensurate with aims and objectives of the Home and in consideration of its residents.
- Observe and maintain high levels of communication within the teams of staff, individual colleagues and residents.
- Always maintain client and business confidentiality
- Carry out any additional duties as requested.
- Undertake any additional training and development programmes the Home may consider appropriate to enhance your contribution to the work at this home.
What we can offer you:
- from £13.50 per hour
- Employee of the Month
- Long term service awards
- Blue Light Card
- Professional Development
- Refer a Friend
