Description
Senior care workers routinely oversee and monitor care workers, care assistants and home carers. They also attend to the personal needs and comforts of the elderly and the infirm with care and support needs (‘service users’) within residential care establishments, day care establishments or in their own homes.Main Tasks
- Routinely oversees and monitors care workers and home carers;
- Takes responsibility for the shift and for the service while on duty;
- Responds to emergencies and provides guidance and support to care workers;
- Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe;
- Serves meals to service users at table or in bed, assists with feeding if required;
- Generally assists with service users’ overall comfort and well being;
- Provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user;
- Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits;
- Undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required;
- Monitors service users’ conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respiration and weight, and contributes to record keeping;
- Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc.