Reablement and Care Support Worker

1. You'll be responsible for implementing Personal Plans to meet individual outcomes in regaining skills, independence, and ongoing support requirements.
2. We will train you and develop your skills.
3. We offer Flexible Working, Guaranteed defined benefit Pension Scheme, Learning and Development and many more.

What we offer

•  We will train you and develop your skills
•  Flexible Working
•  Guaranteed defined benefit Pension Scheme
•  Learning and Development
•  Lease Car Scheme
•  Competitive Pay
•  A Great Place to Live
•  Powys County Council Reward Scheme
•  Health and Well Being
•  Salary Sacrifice Benefits

Your responsibilities will be:

• To be responsible for implementing Personal Plans to meet individual outcomes in regaining skills, independence, and ongoing support requirements. To assist or enable service users to remain living within the community, enhancing the quality of their lives, supporting and maintaining them safely in their own environment. Complying with requirements of a service Registered with Care Inspectorate for Wales under Registration and Inspection of Social Care Act 2016.
• To support people to meet their identified assessed needs and outcomes in a person centred way. To support people who may have a plan written from a health therapist possibly using a variety of different settings. These tasks should be undertaken in line with promotion of independence as much as possible.
• To support people with personal care, manual handling tasks which may include people handling equipment where required, and support with administration of medication in accordance with their personal plan.
• To support people to identify and support reconnection with their local community and networks. Encourage the person in all areas of his/her life with particular emphasis upon maintaining and increasing independence wherever this is realistically possible.
• To understand what matters to an individual and help them to manage risks to maximise choice and control over their lives. To work with service-users, in regaining their independence in daily living skills, including personal care. May also include a limited amount of night sitting.
• To work as of team as part of a team, offering a flexible approach with roster whilst supporting the scheduled tasks relevant to the individual’s personal plan which may relate to domiciliary care or reablement.
• Communicate and build up effective working relationships with individuals, their carers, and other professionals, in supporting them and providing information updates. To attend interagency meetings where appropriate. To communicate with Managers, Assessors and Therapists for feedback and progression on personal plans
• To comply with the duty to report safeguarding concerns in accordance with current legislation and procedures.
• To report any service gaps and concerns about quality-of-service provision for the service to remain compliant with the RISCA regulations 2016 including supporting service users with Quality Assurance.
• To ensure records and file recordings are completed and/or updated in accordance with departmental policy and procedures and to abide by information sharing protocols, data protection and information governance principles.
• To register with Social Care Wales as a professional carer and adhere to the Codes of Professional Practice for Social Care.
• To maintain continuous professional development to ensure up-to-date knowledge of current legislation. To identify and participate in all training and development opportunities as deemed appropriate and ensure knowledge and compliance of all relevant policies
• Prepare and engage in supervision and appraisal with line manager. To attend and actively participate in reflective practice sessions and team meetings as required. To adhere to corporate policies and the Codes of Professional Practice for Social Care
• To undertake project work on a “task and finish” basis under the direction of the Team Manager. To assist in general team duties e.g. logging data, filing, telephone calls etc.
• To adhere to Powys County Council Policies and Procedures.