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Health Care Assistant Responsible for supporting service users with all aspects of personal care, food and medication tasks so that they may continue to live independently in their homes and to access communities. Duties: ➢ Contributing to the health, safety and welfare of individuals ➢ Providing care to service users in their own homes, promoting independence and well-being ➢ Helping service users with all aspects of personal care tasks such as grooming, food preparation and dressing ➢ Encouraging and respecting and promoting service user's personal choices ➢ Assisting with catheter and stoma care ➢ Assisting with prescribed medication ➢ Looking out for signs of physical or mental deterioration in a service user ➢ Identifying the need for and ordering mobility/disability aids ➢ Liaising with other healthcare professionals such as District Nurses, Physiotherapy and GPs ➢ Accurately reporting and recording in the service user's individual care plan ➢ To ensure that services are maintained and delivered in accordance with Legislation, Statutory Requirements and the Policies and Procedures of the Company. ➢ To report and record accurately appropriate information relating to service users and the general operation of the service. ➢ To actively participate in induction and ongoing training and development in accordance with the Company’s Policies and with due regard to Health and Safety requirements. ➢ To support colleague in complying with the requirements of the Care Principles.