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.
To promote the philosophy of privacy, dignity, independence, choice rights and fulfillment for all residents, within a policy of managed risk taking. Ensure residents have activities that they can participate in according to their individual needs and choices that assist them in maintaining their lifestyle and independence. Ensure all medications, including controlled drugs are administered, recorded, maintained and replenished at all times consistent with the Trust policies and procedures on drug administration. Participate in the implementation of new developments to meet the changing needs of older people.