Carer Drivers (domiciliary Care)

Job role summary

working as a carer to provide support to vulnerable adults in the community, this includes tasks such as provision of personal care and support to clients living in their own homes. this involves travel and rota working to ensure the service user’s needs are met.

carers are required to maintain care skills at a current level, and undertake such training and development as may from time-to-time be required to maintain that level of standard and currency of practice.

duties and responsibilities:

• develop effective working relationships with the other employees
• support an open, positive and inclusive working culture
• participate in evaluation of sulem care ltd. against agreed organisational goals, business, and quality objectives
• work to establish effective employer - employee relationships
• minimise legal risks
• participate in the maintenance of sulem’s care ltd. management information systems
• assist in the formulation and implementation of care policies and procedures
• assist in the implementation and maintenance of the standards required by legislation related to the registration of sulem care ltd.
• act within sulem’s care ltd. budget based on sulem’s care ltd. objectives and within the projected revenue
• work in a cost-effective manner
• be involved in the implementation and maintenance of sulem’s care ltd. quality assurance programme
• assist in the design and administration of an evaluation of the care standards and care service provision
• systematically solve day-to-day problematical issues which arise
• assist in the development of the philosophy, goals and objectives for the care practice
• assist in the assessment of the effectiveness of care implementation and delivery
• implement action to meet and maintain care standards
• work in cooperation with members of multi-disciplinary health teams in order to maximise opportunities for service user’s therapeutic care
• ensure service user rights are protected
• encourage a model of self-care and service user rehabilitation
• record relevant activities in care plans
• evaluate standards of care competence
• to contribute to the on-call and weekend working rotas
• to utilise acquired dextrous and manipulative skills for the treatment of service users
• use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with service users (and their carers/relatives) to progress rehabilitation and treatment programmes
• to work in a domiciliary setting as a lone practitioner or in pairs with telephone support from senior colleagues as required
• to store service user’s related information in computerised systems

To request an application form, or to make enquiries, please email manager@sulemcareslimited.uk