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Job Description
Post title: Reablement Enabler – Full time 35 hours or Job share, Permanent
Service area: Adult Social Care – In-House Provider Services
Grade: SC5
Reports to: Reablement Senior Enabler/Reablement Coordinator
Your team: Islington Reablement Service
Our ambition
We are determined to make Islington fairer. To create a place where everyone, whatever their background, has the opportunity to reach their potential and enjoy a decent quality of life.
We also have an ambitious goal – to be the best council in the country – with every employee clear about the part they play and inspired, focused and supported to give their very best.
We want to build an organisation where employees feel valued, inspired and empowered to help us achieve our goals and provide the best services possible to our residents.
Our values and behaviours
‘Be Islington’ is about setting a clear challenge about what it means to be an Islington employee and sets the standard for every recruit.
We ask our employees to ‘Be Islington’ – playing their part in working together for a fairer borough and to always be collaborative, be ambitious, be resourceful, and be empowering (‘CARE’).
Our commitment to challenging inequality
We are committed to tackling inequality, racism and injustice and creating a fairer borough for all. In order to do this, we need to set the example by being a fair employer and creating a workplace environment, which is free from discrimination, racism and inequality. Our approach needs to be proactive, consistently learning to create a fairer workplace and foster a culture, which empowers all staff to challenge inequality.
Fairness is at the heart of what we do. We want to celebrate and embrace our differences by:
• Ensuring our workforce is representative of the people we work on behalf of, our residents
• Creating equitable working environments and diverse teams
• Understanding our residents in order to design and deliver services that help tackle inequality and improve life chances for our residents
• Getting to know people and their differences
• Interpreting issues and concerns from a cultural perspective and address situations or problems from the points-of-view of multiple cultures
• Supporting people with long-term health conditions and/or disabilities
• Recognising the value of flexible working to support staff where possible
Key responsibilities
The post holder will be part of the Islington Reablement Service – In-house provider services.
Reablement enables individuals to regain or maximise their independence through intensive, short-term support, building on their strengths and enabling people to live healthy independent lives for as long as possible in their own homes, or the place they call home. The Islington Reablement Service is for adults with a range of needs including learning disabilities, physical and sensory needs, mental health and older people both in community and hospital settings across various locations.
The service is currently delivered 365 days from 8am – 10pm. However, the future direction is for the services to become increasingly multi agency and the service may need to change in line with service development requirements.
The post holder will deliver personal care and support to people in accordance with their personalised support/Reablement plans. This may include personal care tasks, domestic tasks or exercise programs, developed by therapists to support people to achieve agreed outcomes and add to their rehabilitation or recovery at home. Care and support are given in an enabling way and the focus is on enablement and the promotion of independence. The Enabler will work closely with health and social care professionals, who are involved in the care planning and delivery of Reablement care. The post holder will report directly to the Reablement Senior Enabler/Coordinator.
The post holder will exemplify best practice in working with adults in strengths based and person-centred way, connecting people with informal, community-based support wherever possible. You and other team members will be fully committed to working in partnership with residents, carers, community-based organisations and other key professionals involved in enabling people to be as independent as they possibly can.
From April 2022 this role will require you to be fully vaccinated in line with the Government’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Making vaccination a condition of deployment in the health and wider social care sector for CQC regulated services.
This is a physically demanding role and the post holder will be working in environments that may challenge. Willingness and ability to travel across the team geographical area is essential for this post and flexible working over a 7-day working week will be required to fit in with the needs of the service. This could include regular morning and evening shifts and overnight support as part of our Enhanced Reablement offer:
• To ensure that all there is a strengths-based approach demonstrated in the delivery of care and support as detailed in the persons Reablement plan
• To carry out Reablement plans and provision of care and support
• To report any safeguarding concerns immediately, whether confirmed or suspected, to the Duty Manager in line with the Councils Safeguarding Policies & Procedures
• To ensure that the Care Act 2014 is implemented in all aspects of their role
• To work with people using our services, carers, families and other professionals to minimise and manage risk whilst enabling the service user to maintain their chosen lifestyle as far as possible
• To provide support with medication as detailed in each person’s Support Plan and in accordance with NICE Guidelines (NG67) and The Reablement Service Medication Policy. The term ‘medicines support’ defined as any support that enables a person to manage their medicines.
• To provide support and assistance with nutritional needs and specific dietary requirements as detailed in each person’s Support Plan.
• To document and record all Reablement visits
• Provide updates on a person’s Reablement goals and plans to Senior Enablers for feedback into Multi-disciplinary meetings
• To adhere to Islington Council’s policy and procedures in the handling of a person’s personal property including money and keys and ensure all property record keeping is completed accurately.
• To promptly feedback any progress or changes in a person’s wellbeing, physical health or circumstances to the duty manager or emergency services
• To keep concise legible records and complete documentation which complies with organisational and professional standards.
• To actively recognise the need to liaise with other services and health professionals to ensure best support is provided to meet the needs of the service users and their families.
• To maintain excellent standards of Infection control at all times adhering to universal precautions.
• To attend and contribute to multi- disciplinary and other meetings as required
• To ensure all work undertaken with people, carers and others is recorded accurately and in a timely manner, using information technology systems to carry out duties in the most efficient and effective manner.
• To achieve agreed service outcomes and outputs, and personal appraisal targets, as agreed by the line manager
• To undertake training and constructively take part in meetings, supervision, seminars and other events designed to improve communication and assist with the effective development of the post and post holder
• To carry out duties and responsibilities in accordance with the Council’s commitment to customer service excellence and ensure compliance with the customer care standards
• To be committed to the Council’s core values of public service, quality, equality and empowerment and to demonstrate this commitment in the way duties are carried out
• To be committed to the Council’s CARE values and ASC principles to demonstrate this commitment in the way duties are carried out.
• At all times to carry out responsibilities/duties within the framework of the Council’s Dignity for all Policy. (Equal Opportunities Policy).
• Ensure legal, regulatory and policy compliance under GDPR, Health and Safety and in area of your specialism identifying opportunities and risks and escalating where appropriate.
• To undertake other duties commensurate to the grade of the post
Person specification
Qualifications
1 Level 2 NVQ or QCF Level 3 Application
2 Experience of working for Adult Social Care or an equivalent agency providing domiciliary personal care
Experience
3 Experience of working with adults within in a Reablement setting is preferred
4 Experience of working with people with differing needs and from black and minority ethnic communities in inner city areas.
5 Experience and understanding of strengths-based approaches and applying this in practice
Skills
6 Awareness and understanding of safeguarding including legislative responsibilities and Making Safeguarding Personal
7 Awareness of health and social care legislation including the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2007 and other relevant statutory legislation
8 Awareness of statutory requirements relating to regulated services, CQC standards
9 Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders including Social Work Teams, Health, Housing and GPs.
10 Ability to work independently and as part of a team
11 Ability to document and record Reablement visits and observations relevantly and accurately, with a focus on progress towards Reablement goals
12 Ability to provide support with daily activities such as personal care and domestic tasks with an emphasis on promoting and encouraging independence, in line with their Reablement support plan
13 To effectively communicate with residents and team members, face to face and on the telephone
14 Able to safely move and handle people who are experiencing difficulties with mobility and with the use of specialist equipment, in line with individual support plans
15 To enable people to improve independence through assisting with home exercise programmes or mobility and skills practice in daily activities such as meal preparation and domestic tasks
16 Complete written and electronic documentation to required standards, recording progress towards Reablement goals
17 Ability to manage medications in accordance with the Support Plan, with a focus on enabling independence in medication administration
18 Ability and willingness to develop and update skills and knowledge through participation in learning and development opportunities
19 Ability to participate in reviews and provide feedback on a person’s progress towards Reablement goals
20 Ability to be able to use information technology to organise and carry out daily tasks, including apps, computers and SMART phones
