Work Experience (Windsor Street, Cheltenham)
If you’re the kind of person that grabs an opportunity with both hands this could well be for you. If you’re keen to learn, not afraid of asking questions, and most importantly of all, willing to listen, you could gain a huge amount from work experience with us. Our homes are a long way from what most people expect, usually being full of laughter, but sometimes there are tough days and you need to be ready for that. We’ll support you all the way.
Our homes are great places to learn about life and you’ll have some fun along the way. Most of our homes offer work experience, enabling people to get a feel for life in a care home and to see the variety of different careers paths available in adult social care.
Our work experience programme aims to offer a whole home experience, so you’ll get to see every aspect of running a successful and caring home. Whether it's shadowing the Handy Person to understand how we keep the building safe, to quizzing the Chef on nutrition for older people, our work experience programme offers an exceptional opportunity to learn from some of the best professionals in the industry.
Work experience in a care home is a unique window into the lives of our residents, all of whom have their own, fascinating stories to tell. Our Care Team are responsible for providing the day to day care to our residents but our work experience volunteers can pick their brains and get the benefit of years of experience.
ROLE BOUNDARIES Our volunteers don't get involved in personal care. Below are the role boundaries for this role:
• All volunteers over 16 years old will require DBS clearance (Criminal Records check) and the Trust will cover the cost. • Volunteers aged between 14 and 16 years old can’t go into residents’ rooms on their own. • There are certain things only carers can do. Volunteers can’t provide personal care for residents. This involves help with dressing, visiting the toilet or eating. • Volunteers can’t support residents in moving, rising or sitting or move residents in wheelchairs until they have completed mandatory moving and handling and wheelchair training. • Volunteers must not hoist a resident. • Volunteers should not attempt to give first aid unless qualified to do so. • Volunteers can’t transport residents in their own car. • Volunteers should not give or accept gifts to or from residents, relatives or employees. All gifts offered should be declared to the Home Manager. • Our communications team are responsible for all our media postings. Volunteers should not contact or speak to the media unless asked to by their manager nor should they post anything on social networking sites. • Volunteers should ask their manager before making any decision outside the scope of their role that could affect OSJCT, residents, employees or other volunteers. • Volunteers are not expected to handle complaints or safeguarding issues. They should talk to their manager in the first instance.