Edith Simenti

I was granted CoS as a care worker, however the employer did not have enough hours hence I am looking for a switch.

My duties were supposed to be a Home Care Worker providing domiciliary care to elderly people in the comfort of their own homes..

CARE AND SUPPORT

• All aspects of personal care
• Showering and bathing
• Dressing and grooming
• Toileting and continence care
• Teeth and dentures
• Taking medicines
• Encouraging, reminding; assisting and giving medicines
• Ordering and collecting prescriptions
• Returning unwanted medicines to the pharmacy for safe disposal
• Eating and drinking
• Helping the customer to plan what to eat and drink
• Gentle encouragement and help to eat and drink well
• Shopping, preparing and serving food and drinks
• Clearing the table, washing up and keeping the kitchen area clean and tidy;
• Agreeing with the customer how to store food safely and dispose of out of date produce
• Safely using aids and personal equipment in a manner that respects the dignity of customers. For example
• Standing and walking frames
• Wheelchairs, manual and electric hoists
• Sliding sheets and moving boards
• Hearing aids and other physical aids
• Housework
• Washing floors, vacuuming and sweeping
• Laundry and ironing, making beds and changing the linen
• Dusting and general tidying
• Social and physical activities or mental stimulation such as
• Answering the door and greeting visitors
• Answering emergency bells and the telephone
• Writing cards and letters or emails
• Taking a customer out shopping, to see their friends or to other activities
• Hobbies and recreations such as reading, photo albums, games, etc
• Supporting a customer through temporary and terminal illness, including
• End of life care
• Hospital appointments
• Liaising with community health support and families

2.) Recording and reporting

• Record and report all relevant customer information including
• The care and support that you provide and assistance with medicines
• Changes to a customer’s condition or other concerns
• Faulty equipment or hazards in the home
• Response to emergencies, accidents and incidents
• Safeguarding matters
• Contact with families or carers and other professionals
• Other matters as required by the company’s policies and procedures

Keep all information about customers and their families secure and confidential

3.)Work well as part of the team

• Follow company’s policies, procedures and guidance always
• Take part in staff and customer meetings
• Attend training activities and appraisal and development meetings

• Established lasting, professional connections with families and children by encouraging open, honest communication.
• Cared for children and completed associated household tasks with professionalism and efficiency.
• Maintained clean, safe play environments, ensuring first-class child safety, security and wellbeing.
• Prepared healthy snacks and meals according to individual needs, promoting positive nutrition and wellbeing.
• Consistently maintained safe and hazard-free environment for optimum child safety and security.
• Collected children from school and extra-curricular activities at set times.
• Planned and guided age-appropriate tasks, including reading, crafts, baking and games.
• Accompanied children to parks and play spaces, providing diligent supervision for maximised child safety.
• Observed and supervised children's play activities with stringent care, eliminating accidents and risk.