SLA09460 – Social Care Worker (Days) (David Walker Gardens Care Home) – DFF – SLA09460 Part Time

Job Description

Requirements

• To undertake supervision of specific tasks as a member of a care team to enable service users to maintain and develop their individual lifestyles.
• To contribute as a key worker in consultation with senior staff, colleagues, service users and their families and relevant others to the formulation of a care plan for each individual.
• To co-ordinate, in consultation with senior staff, to the assessment and review of individualised care programmes.
• To provide and ensure a high level of support to individual service users as determined by their care plan to meet their physical, emotional, psychological and social needs.
• To undertake, as directed, such physical care duties in or outwith the unit, as are required to maintain the well being of service users including aids to daily living.
• To work under supervision with families (carers) and other departmental or agency staff or relevant others in promoting the care of individual and groups of service users.
• Supervise service users or assist with the administration of prescribed medications to the required dosage.
• Assist service users with dementia to attain personal well being, applying own taught accredited learning to this process.

Responsibilities

Fixed Term Vacancy

Additional information for Internal Applicants – As this is a Fixed Term position, prior to making your application, please discuss your potential application with your current Line Manager.  In the event that you are being considered for this post, your release to undertake this internal fixed term opportunity would need to be agreed in advance and managed by the service/s or resource/s.

Foreign Police Check

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

Regulated Work with Protected Adults

This post is considered Regulated Work with Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007.  Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with protected adults. 

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made by South Lanarkshire Council.

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The Individual

Please apply online 

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Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community.   As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant.  Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.